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A jump in the pound a minute before the Bank of England said it would keep interest rates on hold led some in the market to ask whether any participants knew of the decision before it became public.

A Central Bank review of dual or differential pricing in the insurance sector will not make its first findings until the end of 2020, an Oireachtas Committee has heard.

Britain’s markets watchdog has proposed banning car dealers and brokers from receiving commission linked to interest rates on loans, a step it said would save consumers £165m (€188m) annually.

DS7 Crossback trades on its heritage and lives up to the expectations on many levels. but there are downsides. The ride is not the magic carpet experience we once loved and expected to see again, writes Declan Colley

Facebook’s fledgling cryptocurrency is facing mounting scrutiny as European central bankers and regulators have now demanded more detail on the social media giant’s Libra project.

A formal investigation has been launched by the City watchdog into Neil Woodford’s suspended equity income fund in the latest blow for the under-pressure investment guru.

Hype and high finance simply do not go well together.

US-Italian car maker Fiat Chrysler has made an all-share merger proposal to French rival Renault as part of a new wave of consolidation in the car industry.

A British financial watchdog has imposed a fine of about £29m (€34m) on electrical goods retailer Dixons-Carphone for misselling its ‘Geek Squad’ phone insurance and technical support service.

In this exclusive extract from Colm O’Regan’s new book, ‘Ann Devine Ready for Her Close-Up’, mammy and daughter tiptoe through the social niceties of the community meeting and ponder the fate of the bats.

Investors have remained cool on IFG despite the Irish-founded financial services group being touted as a potential beneficiary of a shake-up of the UK’s £500bn (€565m) investment funds platforms sector.

It is three years since broadcaster John Creedon took to the byways in a camper van to explore the Wild Atlantic Way.

How do you know when the silly season has begun? When the pages of the newspapers are full of a spat between Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and the entire journalistic corps.

How do you know when the silly season has begun? When the pages of the newspapers are full of a spat between Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and the entire journalistic corps. 

A scathing report by the UK’s Treasury Committee into the way RBS treated small firms highlights the need for greater competition and tougher regulatory controls, writes Kyran Fitzgerald

Paddy Power-Betfair shares fell by nearly 4% as investors reacted badly to news of the departure of the head of its key Australian division.

Britain is expected to choose a new central bank chief this year to succeed Canadian Mark Carney, who will step down in June 2019, three months after the country’s scheduled exit from the EU. No one has yet thrown their hat into the ring to succeed him, but there are numerous contenders.

A former Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) trader was fined £250,000 (€281,780) and banned from working in the industry by the UK markets regulator for manipulating Libor, five years after the bank was penalised for its role in the scandal.

The UK's financial watchdog has defended its handling of a report into Royal Bank of Scotland's treatment of small business customers following claims it failed to publish the document over fears of being sued.

Oireachtas na Samhna will draw thousands of people to Co Kerry this weekend for the Gaelic social event of the year, writes Pet O’Connell.

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) said its potential bill for claims against its small business restructuring division will remain at £400m (€448m) after misconduct allegations against it were dismissed by Britain’s financial regulator.

WITH Alfa, it is always “head or heart”. Your heart succumbs to the beauty and the passion, while your head is demanding to know if you’ve lost all reason.

From next year, banks in Britain will have to publish data every quarter to show the quality of service they provide to customers to try to boost competition, the Financial Conduct Authority has proposed.

The Bank of England took a tougher approach towards banks over their booming lending to UK consumers, ordering them to apply credit rules prudently and prove by September they are not being too complacent about risks to their balance sheets.

I HAVE two new friends. Two Italian friends. Their names are Francesco and Pasquale and they are very nice lads indeed. 

The US government is suing Fiat Chrysler, alleging that some diesel pick-up trucks and Jeep SUVs cheat on emissions tests.

Tesco agreed to pay £214m (€247m) to resolve regulatory probes into a 2014 accounting scandal that prompted a boardroom house-cleaning and an overhaul of the grocer’s supplier relations in the UK.

The head of a British parliamentary committee has asked a regulator to look into media reports, including one by Reuters, about movements in financial markets ahead of economic data releases that raised the possibility of leaks.

None of Tesco’s 30,000 or so financial services customers on the island of Ireland have been affected by the weekend fraud attack on the supermarket giant’s banking operations.

Britain’s banks are not reporting to regulators the full extent of cyber attacks, for fear of punishment or bad publicity, bank executives and providers of security systems say.

Royal Bank of Scotland Group denied deliberately forcing the collapse of small business customers in the wake of the 2007 financial crisis after two news organisations published leaked internal documents.

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Payday lenders in England have been accused of "irresponsible behaviour" which is trapping people with loans they cannot afford.

The US may be the lone bright spot in an otherwise sluggish global economy as American consumers continue to buy expensive new vehicles at record levels.

The Irish hospitality industry is likely to be hit hard as a UK financial watchdog said it was clamping down on financial firms offering freebies such as tickets to GAA, rugby, soccer, and golf events.

Ford has announced it plans to invest $1.6bn (€1.4bn) to build more small cars in Mexico, starting in 2018, triggering a fresh blast of criticism from Republican frontrunner Donald Trump.

Banking giant HSBC has announced it will keep its headquarters in the UK after a high-profile lengthy review.

Sadhbh McElveen (Letters 2 Feb) is correct in saying that there is discrimination in the taxation of maintenance payments.