# banks - Tuesday 29 June, 2021
# Housing
# Housing
This represents a significant increase on the 1,879 mortgage approvals issued in May 2020, the BPFI said.
# banks - Tuesday 15 June, 2021
# Emergency Legislation
# Emergency Legislation
Judge Edmund Honohon questioned why a sunset clause was not set out in the emergency legislation.
# banks - Thursday 29 April, 2021
# Digital Focus
# Digital Focus
Last month, the bank confirmed plans to close 88 branches in Ireland and 15 branches in Northern Ireland.
# banks - Friday 16 April, 2021
# Opinion
# Opinion
The Sinn Féin TD says the move leaves the future of the Irish banking sector uncertain.
# banks - Tuesday 23 March, 2021
# Banking
# Banking
Bank of Ireland is to appear before an Oireachtas Finance Committee this afternoon.
# banks - Thursday 11 March, 2021
# Podcast
# Podcast
In today’s episode, business reporter Ian Curran explains what’s been going on.
# banks - Saturday 6 March, 2021
# Community Banking
# Community Banking
Green Party and Fianna Fáil TDs are calling for the government to revisit the idea of community banking.
# banks - Friday 19 February, 2021
# Banking
# Banking
The bank will be wound down gradually over the next few years.
# banks - Tuesday 26 January, 2021
# Face Coverings
# Face Coverings
The Financial Services Union has welcomed the decision by Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly.
# banks - Sunday 24 January, 2021
# Your Say
# Your Say
The app, Synch Payments, hit a roadblock last week.
# banks - Thursday 21 January, 2021
# Banking
# Banking
The CCPC was notified of the proposal from AIB, BOI, KBC and Permanent TSB earlier this month.
# banks - Tuesday 12 January, 2021
# Banking
# Banking
The CCPC was notified of the proposal from AIB, BOI, KBC and Permanent TSB last Friday.
# banks - Monday 28 September, 2020
# Payment Breaks
# Payment Breaks
The Tánaiste said the banks agreed that solutions for those unable to resume full payments would be applied on a case-by-case basis.
# banks - Monday 21 September, 2020
# FinCEN
# FinCEN
The investigation points in particular to five major banks – JPMorgan Chase, HSBC, Standard Chartered, Deutsche Bank and Bank of New York Mellon.
# Fraud
# Fraud
A new campaign aims to highlight the dangers for teens and encourage their parents to look out for red flags.
# banks - Friday 28 August, 2020
# Warning
# Warning
Health officials are warning anyone who thinks they’ve been affected to contact their bank.
# banks - Wednesday 8 July, 2020
# Mortgages
# Mortgages
Since March, nearly 80,000 mortgage-holders impacted by the pandemic have taken payment breaks.
# banks - Tuesday 23 June, 2020
# Tapping
# Tapping
The contactless limit was increased to €50 in April in response to the Covid-19 crisis.
# banks - Monday 11 May, 2020
# Mortgages
# Mortgages
The government says that the banks have agreed that anyone availing of a mortgage break can now extend the loan term.
# banks - Wednesday 6 May, 2020
# Lending
# Lending
The figures offer an early indication of the impact of Covid-19 on lending.
# banks - Thursday 30 April, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
All of the country’s main banks are participating in the break.
# banks - Monday 20 April, 2020
# Bpfi
# Bpfi
Customers can be granted an extension in situations where their “circumstances have not materially changed”.
# banks - Wednesday 18 March, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
Banks will also defer court proceedings for three months.
# Mortgage Payments
# Mortgage Payments
AIB, Bank of Ireland, KBC, Permanent TSB and Ulster Bank will meet Department of Finance officials at 4pm.
# banks - Thursday 12 March, 2020
# Covid19
# Covid19
Heather Humphreys said there will be emergency working capital and payment flexibility on borrowings.
# banks - Tuesday 4 February, 2020
# Banks
# Banks
The Central Bank said last year that lenders had already paid €683 million in redress to impacted customers.
# banks - Wednesday 15 January, 2020
# Future Of Finance
# Future Of Finance
Early adoption is led by the Nordics and Asia as infrastructure and societal acceptance plays catch up.
# banks - Friday 15 November, 2019
# Derry
# Derry
The Sinn Féin Ard Fheis kicked off in Derry today.
# banks - Wednesday 25 September, 2019
# Crackdown
# Crackdown
From March next year, brokers and financial adviser will also have to publish details of commissions they receive on their websites.
# banks - Thursday 19 September, 2019
# Leo In The Us
# Leo In The Us
Varadkar will attend the UN General Assembly and address the summit on sustainable development goals.
# banks - Saturday 14 September, 2019
# Tracker Mortgage Scandal
# Tracker Mortgage Scandal
A number of banks, including KBC, reversed their decision to challenge the investigation of these complaints after a public rebuke by the ombudsman.
# banks - Monday 19 August, 2019
# Tracker Scandal
# Tracker Scandal
Ombudsman Ger Deering said up to 500 customers could be affected by these challenges.
# banks - Monday 22 July, 2019
# Banks
# Banks
The finance minister is currently considering a report which reviewed whether bankers’ pay should be increased.
# banks - Tuesday 16 July, 2019
# Tracker Mortgage
# Tracker Mortgage
There were 99 homes lost as a result of lenders’ failings as well as 216 buy-to-let properties.
# banks - Tuesday 9 July, 2019
# Homeoptions
# Homeoptions
Homeoptions is offering itself as an alternative to vulture funds and said it is already engaging with one bank in relation to a home loan portfolio.
# banks - Tuesday 2 July, 2019
# Mortgage Sale
# Mortgage Sale
90% of the loans due to be sold are family homes – about 3,200 accounts.
# banks - Sunday 2 June, 2019
# Bankers
# Bankers
Ulster Bank recently told an Oireachtas Finance committee that it will not be disclosing the amount of money it has set aside to deal with the fine.
# banks - Thursday 30 May, 2019
# Tracker Scandal
# Tracker Scandal
Permanent TSB has been fined €21 million for regulatory breaches affecting tracker mortgage customers.
# banks - Friday 19 April, 2019
# Vulture Funds
# Vulture Funds
In an interview with TheJournal.ie this week, the Taoiseach said he understood the intent behind Sinn Féin’s No Consent No Sale Bill.
# banks - Saturday 13 April, 2019
# Vulture Funds
# Vulture Funds
The Central Bank is aware that a regulated entity has written to a number of buy-to-let borrowers in arrears.
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