A couple have lost their Supreme Court appeal against a decision Bank of Scotland plc was entitled to recover €4m from them arising from unpaid loans made for property development purposes and to appoint a receiver over certain properties.

Accountant Alan Hynes is being pursued for more than €7.6m judgment orders at the Commercial Court.

A couple who borrowed €1.4m to refinance property investments have lost their High Court action alleging their lender had not validly appointed a receiver over their assets when they went into arrears.

A Belfast tower building 11 storeys higher than the Republic’s tallest structure, the Elysian, has been sold as part of a loan sale.

A dispute arising over Bank of Scotland plc’s sale to a hedge fund loans of €67m owed to it by a shipping firm here employing more than 300 people has been settled.

Two fraudsters who conspired to swindle banks of hundreds of millions of pounds have been jailed.

AIB was duped using “dishonest means” into lending £740m (€922m) to London property tycoon Achilleas Kallakis and his business partner Alexander Williams, jurors heard at Southwark Crown Court, London.

DOUGLAS Court Shopping Centre, which has sensationally been placed in receivership, is likely to be managed ’as-is’ for some time before being offered for sale — and its likely value is around €30m, according to property sources.

The High Court has made orders winding up development company Manor Park Homebuilders Ltd on the application of a bank which is owed some €135m by the firm.

BANK of Scotland has appointed joint receivers to the Mr Binman group of waste collection companies employing more than 330 people across Munster, with another 200 jobs indirectly dependent on them.

SIX investors have indicated a serious interest in investing in the waste collection company Mr Binman, a development which might help ensure its survival as a major employer in Munster, the High Court heard yesterday.

HOTELIER Jim Mansfield, who is suffering what the Commercial Court yesterday called an incurable neurological illness, is being pursued by Bank of Scotland (BoS) and NAMA for summary judgment orders totalling €280 million.

British sportswear retailer JJB today warned it was likely to violate the terms of a £25m (€29.6m) loan as trade at the embattled company continued to deteriorate.

The UNITE trade union is to ballot its members at Bank of Scotland (Ireland) for industrial action up to and including strike action.

BANK of Scotland (Ireland) has, as expected, reported a sobering set of annual results for 2008 — with a pre-tax loss of €250 million replacing a profit of €272m from the previous year.

BANK of Scotland (Ireland) has acquired a 10% stake in Irish communications company Blue Ocean Wireless for €3.6 million ($4.8m).

BANK of Scotland Group paced gains by British financial stocks after saying its 2006 earnings would be higher.

BANK of Scotland (Ireland) has reacted to recent reductions in the personal loan market by lowering its rate to 7.2%.

BANK of Scotland Ireland has launched its assault on the retail banking market by offering savers the highest interest-paying deposit account in the country.

THE tantalising prospect of real competition in the Irish financial market, something that is blatantly lacking, could be significantly enhanced today.

Bank of Scotland (Ireland) have announced their pre-tax profits grew by 20% in the first half of the year as compared to the same period last year.

THREE cheers for Bank of Scotland Ireland. At last we may have the prospect of some real competition in the Irish banking sector.

Bank of Scotland (Ireland) has reported strong results for last year.

Bank of Scotland (Ireland) announced a 36% jump in pre-tax profits to €157m for the year to December 31, 2003.

Bank of Scotland was fined a record £1.25m (€1.8m) today for breaching anti-money laundering rules on the identification of customers.

BANK of Scotland are putting down expensive roots in Ireland.

ONE of the country’s emerging banking forces is Bank of Scotland, which last week announced an 84% increase in its pre-tax profits for last year.

BANK OF IRELAND risks pushing its share price lower when it publishes details of its spurned bid to take over Britain's sixth biggest bank, Abbey National, Goodbody Stockbrokers warned yesterday.

Bank of Scotland and the Halifax have agreed a £28bn merger to create Britain's fifth largest bank.