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Central Bank looks to improve licensed moneylending market with new regulations

The Central Bank is to tighten regulations around licensed private moneylenders and has urged consumers to effectively use such firms as a last resort when seeking monetary support, despite the squeeze the Covid-19 fallout has put on household finances.

Mon, 08 Jun, 2020

New rules for car insurance to give customers greater transparency

The Central Bank is introducing strict new rules for car insurance from today.

Fri, 01 Nov, 2019

Bank of Ireland's new Dublin headquarters

Financial brokers banned from accepting free sporting and social tickets

Some 3,000 brokers selling mortgages, insurance, or market investments in Ireland will be banned from accepting free sporting and social tickets from financial firms under a crackdown by the Central Bank.

Wed, 25 Sep, 2019

SF 'No Consent, No Sale' bill could have 'severe unintended consequences', says Central Bank

A senior official at the Central Bank has stated that the Sinn Féin bill giving mortgage holders a veto on their loans being sold to so-called ‘vulture funds’ “will have potentially severe unintended consequences”.

Mon, 15 Apr, 2019

Switch could save 27,000 mortgage holders €10k

Up to 27,000 mortgage holders could save themselves more than €10,000 if they switched, according to the Central Bank, which also vowed to crack down on seductive but misleading mortgage adverts from lenders.

Thu, 21 Jun, 2018