Almost 300,000 new current accounts opened in Ireland this year
KBC and Ulster Bank will cease operating in the Irish market next year (Brian Lawless/PA Wire)
Almost 300,000 new bank accounts have been opened in Ireland in the first six months of this year, new figures show.
The latest data from the Banking and Payments Federation of Ireland (BPFI) found its members opened some 297,000 personal current accounts between January 1 and July 8.
