Danske Bank has again apologised over its failure to monitor around €200bn in suspicious transactions that went through its Estonia branch over many years, as the lender posted a sharply lower net profit of 15bn Danish krone (€2bn) for 2018, in what it described as a “challenging year”.

An international criminal investigation into Danske Bank has led to the first group of bankers being apprehended, and prosecutors say more will probably follow.

At least 5,000 more customers could be affected by the tracker mortgage fallout, while the final bill could be “well above” €1bn, according to the financial advisor who exposed the scandal, writes Pádraig Hoare.

Davy has further expanded its wealth management business in the North by acquiring part of Danske Bank’s wealth unit for a sum believed to be between £5m (€5.65m) and £10m.

A High Court judge has refused a bank's bid to halt an action by a woman alleging a bank manager obtained false income details to support a property investment loan application.

A Court of Appeal judge has voiced concern and regret that some personal litigants are incurring more debt due to taking mainly incorrect advice from people with no legal qualifications and “no real understanding of the law or the rules of court”.

Pepper Money, a unit of an Australian loans giant which has Irish bases in Shannon and Dublin, has said it will provide corporate loans for the first time in Ireland after it identified a huge demand for companies and professionals to refinance existing loans or buy new properties.

Jim Nugent, who famously gave a “dig-out” to former taoiseach Bertie Ahern, has had the €1.3m D4 apartment at Haseldene, Ballsbridge, handed back to a bank.

Some of the big names behind the Irish bubble are coming back into the spotlight, but we need to be careful about the ‘globalisation’ of the property market, writes Michael Byrne

Danske Bank raised its full-year profit forecast yesterday, after its earnings beat expectations and said it would run its Northern Ireland arm as a standalone business, fuelling speculation of a sale.

Borrowers who are banking on a judicial Fifth Cavalry riding to the rescue may have to think again, if a recent decision of the new Court of Appeal is anything to go by.

Most of the mortgage lenders have now announced rate cuts in response to their meeting with the finance minister.

The rejection of a couple’s complaint that a bank breached a loan contract by increasing the variable rate on their mortgages was a correct decision, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

Tommy Barker looks at this spacious ‘no expense spared’ quality build with lots of light and shade.

Banks in the North should use their profits to update “antiquated” IT systems which failed leaving thousands of customers unable to use their accounts, a report from politicians said.

Bank of Ireland has agreed to buy €274m of performing commercial loans from Danske Bank as part of the Danish lender’s move to wind down its Irish operations.

Danske Bank reported a fourth-quarter net loss attributable to shareholders of 6.37bn kroner (€855m) after writing down 9bn kroner in goodwill in December.

Russian policymakers are signalling that they are prepared to sacrifice economic growth in order to stabilise the ruble.

Denmark’s biggest bank will write down 9 billion kroner (€1.2bn) in goodwill, marking its latest accounting adjustment after talks with the country’s regulator. Danske Bank will book the impairment in its 2014 annual report, it said in a statement.

Businessman Bill Cullen is opposing a bank’s demand that he sell his home, and that of his partner Jackie Lavin, to satisfy an €8.2m judgment obtained against him two years ago.

The Financial Services Ombudsman must reconsider a couple’s complaint that Danske Bank was not entitled to increase to 4% the variable interest rate on their mortgages at the same time the ECB interest rate was falling to almost zero, following a High Court ruling.

The Financial Services Ombudsman has been told by the High Court to look again at Danske Bank’s decision to hike its variable interest mortgage rates to more than 4% when ECB rates had plunged to almost zero.

The High Court has asked the Financial Services Ombudsman if a bank is allowed to increase mortgage interest rates at times when the rates set by the European Central Bank are historically low.

Danske Bank’s Irish operations continued to struggle in the first half of the year despite an improved performance overall.

Danske bank has announced that Pepper Asset Servicing will administer the accounts of their 14,000 mortgages holders after they pull out of consumer banking in Ireland.

Danske Bank will continue to trim its business as Denmark’s largest lender adjusts to a post-crisis client landscape that chief executive Thomas Borgen says is "changing rapidly".

Goodbody Stockbrokers has initiated coverage of the two main domestic REITs (real estate investment trusts) which floated on the Iseq last year, stating that both have significant scope for share value growth this year.

Danske Bank has insisted that even if customers whose accounts are to be closed this weekend do nothing, they will still be able to withdraw any remaining funds as a bank draft or transfer them to a new bank.

Danske Bank has moved to clarify the situation for customers whose accounts are to be closed.

Permanent TSB is offering €500 loans to those affected by the closure of thousands of Danske bank accounts.

Thousands of customers of Danske Bank are reminded they have just three days to withdraw their money here.

A week before Christmas, a group of farmers gathered in a small hotel conference room in Abbeyleix.

There are now grave problems with the banking system in this country. Danske Bank have bailed out of our dear Republic.

Permanent TSB is to provide up to €100m for customers looking to undertake improvements to the home on the back of the Home Renovation Tax Incentive Scheme introduced in last month’s budget.

THE response to the decision by Danske Bank to retrench its operations here demonstrate how far official Ireland is in denial about our faltering economy, as it heads in to 2014.

Ulster Bank is to remain in the Irish retail banking market, with its parent, Royal Bank of Scotland, describing it as a core part of its business.

November 2010 was a very dark month for Ireland, when the weather came out in sympathy with the economy. The scene on Merrion Street across the road from Government Buildings had to be seen to be believed.

Up to 290 jobs look likely to be lost at Danske Bank as a result of the financial institution’s decision to significantly scale back its Irish operation.

Irish Farmers' Association president John Bryan said Danske Bank's plan to withdraw retail banking services puts an onus on the Government to exercise more control over the remaining banks.

Danske Bank has today announced that it to wind down its personal and business banking services in Ireland.

Embattled minister for small business John Perry faces demands to make a full statement about his finances and his secret deal with a Danish bank in restructuring €2.47m in debt.