NatWest says it has started transferring some of €4.2bn in Ulster commercial loans, and a further €2.8bn of commercial loans that have not been drawn down

Analysts predicted the ECB would raise interest rates by  another 0.75% on Thursday to try and stifle inflation

Mortgage brokers warn fines and huge costs incurred by banks during investigation are passed on to customers

Scheme aims to bridge affordability gap by providing buyers with part of the purchase price of their home in return for a minority equity stake

Permanent TSB said it is setting up mobile facilities, “pop-up” banks, and is placing its own staff in the 25 Ulster Bank branches

Losses are linked to the costs the bank has taken on to absorb the mortgage loans and branches from Ulster Bank

Irish families, like those all over Europe, are braced for a sudden rise in their homeloan repayments. Here is how it happened and what you need to know next

Further ECB rate hikes of up to 1.25% are expected — and they would significantly increase the cost of people's home loans

Experts say Irish banks could absorb the rate increase, with one broker saying they ought to do so 'from a moral viewpoint' 

CEO Anne Boden told staff that an Irish subsidiary would not deliver the added value Starling is seeking, Sky News is reporting

Irish mainstream banks will benefit more than their European counterparts by higher interest rates as net interest income accounts for 80% of Irish retail banks' income, compared to 54% in Europe.

Complainant claimed bank’s blanket policy on not dealing with third-party representatives discriminated against her as it placed her in a 'vulnerable' category which she claimed was an affront to her sense of independence

The first transfer of loans from Ulster Bank to Permanent TSB is scheduled to begin in the final quarter of this year

The research shows that 53% of people fear they will be unable to afford the higher cost of energy bills

A case that came before the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman found that a customer had been wrongly denied a tracker rate on his mortgage

There are, nonetheless, widespread concerns about the support available for customers in switching out of Ulster and KBC Bank

The CCPC has already submitted plans by Bank of Ireland to acquire €9bn in mortgage loans from KBC to a full Phase 2 investigation.

AIB plans to get most of the rest of the Ulster loan books

Irish banking is facing a new mess where customers are the perpetual losers as Ulster Bank and KBC exit and the big two tighten their hold on our money

The prosecution alleges Mr Lynn applied for mortgages to at least two, and in many cases a number of, different financial institutions, which then lent him the money unaware of the other mortgage applications

A third of Cork businesses have hired for a fully remote role in the past year

Plans by AIB, Bank of Ireland, and Permanent TSB to acquire billions worth of loans from the departing Ulster Bank and KBC are under investigation

The full investigation into the banks' plans for the app will not be taken lightly.

Just 6% see the climate crisis as the most important issue of this era and a quarter put it in the top three issues

The review will also consider the implications for the so-called fintech and digital transaction providers are playing in disrupting traditional banking.

Probe comes as Oireachtas finance committee hears of plans for new Central Bank powers to sanction individual bank executives

Ulster Bank has also told customers to “get ready” to change bank and for further changes as it winds down its business ahead of exiting the Republic.

AIB has also said it has appointed Jim Pettigrew as its new chair of the board

Ulster Bank's owner, NatWest, has advanced its exit plans by detailing it will transfer €7.6bn in mortgage and other loans, along with 25 of its 88 branches, to Permanent TSB

NatWest, which is 55%-owned by the British government, will take a stake of up to 20% in PTSB

Move marks the first loosening of State ownership in the banks since AIB’s partial share float in 2017

Chief executive Eamonn Crowley said he was determined to complete the purchase of mortgage loans in the carve-up of Ulster Bank as it exits the Republic

Surveys reveal a growing gap between the public's view of Irish banking culture, and bank employees' view of it    

PTSB is favoured to take a large slice of Ulster's €14bn performing home loans book, a development that most banking industry observers say will only consolidate Irish banking further to the benefit of lenders and not borrowers.

Commentators sound alarm bells as the 'two big boys' look set to control 70% of the Irish mortgage market

Although banks are increasingly closing branches and moving towards online banking, Ireland is still a long way behind other countries, writes Niamh Hennessy

The chief executive of Permanent TSB (PTSB) said he was "quite positive" the Government-owned mortgage bank will strike some sort of deal in the carve-up of the €20bn of Ulster Bank loan books.

The banking sector is unlikely to achieve full recovery until 2024 — but Ulster Bank's departure adds a wild card to the mix

A former National Treasury Management Agency head Michael Somers, who helped set up the agency during the debt crisis of the late 1980s, said the decision of Britain’s NatWest to pull Ulster Bank from the market sends a negative message around the ...

NatWest came to the decision after unexpectedly launching a review last year into the future of its 88 branches and €20bn in home loans and corporate lending in the Republic

Permanent TSB had 917 accounts worth €161m on mortgage breaks at the end of October, down sharply from the €1. 6bn worth of mortgage breaks it had agreed through the Covid-19 crisis, according to the latest figures from the lender.

Permanent TSB (PTSB) was focusing on the fallout of Covid-19 and was not weighing the "hypothetical” outcome involving a review at rival Ulster Bank, its CEO Eamonn Crowley has said.

The portfolio is worth around €1.2 billion

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