# central-bank - Sunday 1 August, 2021
# Accountability Regime
# Accountability Regime
Draft legislation published this week aims to give the Central Bank more power to target individuals.
# central-bank - Wednesday 21 July, 2021
# Central Bank
# Central Bank
The Central Bank ’s proposals are “a victory for consumers”, says Pearse Doherty.
# central-bank - Thursday 24 June, 2021
# Housing Crisis
# Housing Crisis
The rules restrict the amount someone can borrow to 3.5 times their income, though there are exemptions.
# central-bank - Sunday 20 June, 2021
# Mortgage Lending Rules
# Mortgage Lending Rules
Vasileios Madouros of the Central Bank says a fresh review of its mortgage lending measures will include submissions from the public.
# central-bank - Wednesday 16 June, 2021
# Road To Recovery
# Road To Recovery
“A clearer path to recovery” has become visible in recent months.
# central-bank - Wednesday 26 May, 2021
# Morning Memo
# Morning Memo
Details about the cost of reforms like Sláintecare are thin on the ground beyond 2021, IFAC says.
# central-bank - Thursday 1 April, 2021
# Central Bank
# Central Bank
However, the outlook remains ‘uncertain’ and unemployment will remain high into 2022.
# central-bank - Sunday 14 March, 2021
# Davy Sale
# Davy Sale
The Central Bank wants an expanded regulatory toolkit to tackle individuals.
# central-bank - Thursday 11 March, 2021
# Unauthorised Firm
# Unauthorised Firm
It’s a criminal offence for an unauthorised firm to provide financial services in Ireland that would require Central Bank authorisation.
# central-bank - Tuesday 9 March, 2021
# Central Bank
# Central Bank
The scandal has led to fierce criticism of the firm, and its CEO resigned at the weekend.
# central-bank - Thursday 28 January, 2021
# Breach
# Breach
The Central Bank of Ireland found that Keystone Insurance overcharged 62 customers over five years.
# central-bank - Monday 25 January, 2021
# Central Bank
# Central Bank
The Central Bank governor said today that the positive economist forecast “remains contingent on key assumptions regarding Covid-19 developments.”
# central-bank - Friday 22 January, 2021
# Central Bank
# Central Bank
Irish GDP grew by 2.5% in spite of the pandemic, according to the updated data.
# central-bank - Monday 21 December, 2020
# Borrowers Beware
# Borrowers Beware
There has been a surge in the prevalence of unauthorised moneylenders.
# central-bank - Tuesday 15 December, 2020
# Liteway Loans
# Liteway Loans
Gardaí have also issued a warning.
# central-bank - Monday 14 December, 2020
# Loyalty Penalty
# Loyalty Penalty
The practice sees customers with similar risks paying different premiums.
# central-bank - Thursday 26 November, 2020
# Central Bank
# Central Bank
Mortgage transactions have recovered since the summer, according to the latest data.
# central-bank - Thursday 12 November, 2020
# The Banks
# The Banks
However, the Belgian-owned bank saw a ‘record number’ of mortgage applications in the third quarter.
# central-bank - Wednesday 11 November, 2020
# Central Bank
# Central Bank
Proceeds from the sale will be used to offset the costs of its North Wall Quay expansion.
# central-bank - Tuesday 3 November, 2020
# Premium Content
# Premium Content
Industry profit margins were up from 9% in 2018 to 10% last year.
# central-bank - Tuesday 6 October, 2020
# Economic Forecast
# Economic Forecast
The latest forecast is buoyed by the ‘resilience’ of Irish exports.
# central-bank - Thursday 24 September, 2020
# The Banks
# The Banks
The Central Bank said the impact on customers was ‘devastating’.
# central-bank - Tuesday 22 September, 2020
# Wealth Inequality
# Wealth Inequality
The study takes 2013 to represent ‘the low-point of the last recession in Ireland’.
# central-bank - Wednesday 9 September, 2020
# Insurance Premiums
# Insurance Premiums
Firms have “not sufficiently considered customer interests” when developing pricing policies.
# central-bank - Tuesday 28 July, 2020
# Fraud
# Fraud
The investigation was sparked by a 2014 cyberfraud incident which the Bank of Ireland did not immediately report to the gardaí.
# central-bank - Monday 20 July, 2020
# Repossessions
# Repossessions
Sinn Féin’s Eoin Ó Broin has said the establishment of a non-judicial court would help to support families at risk of repossession.
# central-bank - Sunday 12 July, 2020
# Payments
# Payments
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar said yesterday he doesn’t ‘fully trust’ the banks not to try to profit during the pandemic.
# central-bank - Thursday 9 July, 2020
# The Banks
# The Banks
Developments in recent days have undermined the banks’ positions.
# central-bank - Tuesday 7 July, 2020
# Central Bank
# Central Bank
Gabriel Makhlouf was addressing the Special Dáil Committee on Covid-19 this morning.
# central-bank - Sunday 5 July, 2020
# Covid-19 And Business
# Covid-19 And Business
Insolvency experts are expecting to be deluged as a result of the pandemic.
# central-bank - Friday 3 July, 2020
# Economic Forecast
# Economic Forecast
Real-time economic data suggests the worst of the decline was experienced in April.
# central-bank - Tuesday 23 June, 2020
# Covid19
# Covid19
The lowest number of mortgage arrears since 2010 was recorded in the first quarter of the year.
# central-bank - Tuesday 16 June, 2020
# Gabriel Makhlouf
# Gabriel Makhlouf
The Central Bank has warned that the longer the pandemic lasts, the greater the risk to the Irish economy.
# Central Bank
# Central Bank
There was a sharp drop in ATM withdrawals in April.
# central-bank - Monday 8 June, 2020
# Central Bank
# Central Bank
Ads from moneylenders will now have to contain warnings about high interest rates, as well as encouraging consumers to look for other options
# central-bank - Thursday 30 April, 2020
# Card Spending
# Card Spending
New data published by the Central Bank includes details of card spending and ATM transactions since the beginning of March.
# central-bank - Wednesday 15 April, 2020
# Central Bank
# Central Bank
Two new reports from the Central Bank today highlight a change in how we’re spending and also the number of jobs being posted.
# central-bank - Thursday 19 March, 2020
# Central Bank
# Central Bank
The Central Bank said this evening that there was no impediment to providing the three-month payment breaks.
# central-bank - Wednesday 12 February, 2020
# Economy
# Economy
Overall, the country’s economic growth has been described as “broadly positive”.
# central-bank - Wednesday 29 January, 2020
# Future Of Finance
# Future Of Finance
US company Payoneer is the latest to get approval as Ireland is at the centre of a fintech revolution.
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