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Central Bank investigations into three other banks are ongoing.
The banks have said they know their reputation has been damaged, and they want to take steps to address that.
Minister Paschal Donohoe said he would be raising the issue with the Central Bank.
D’Arcy – who has a history of taking part in high-profile campaigns and activism – took to the stage at the EGM today.
Paschal Donohoe says he’s prepared to use his influence as a shareholder if he’s not satisfied with how banks perform.
Now that the banks have set deadlines for paying customers back, there is a risk that this issue will be put to one side.
Minister Donohoe was addressing the media in a week where he met all the main banks’ CEOs.
Thousands of customers were denied tracker rates and charged a higher rate of interest.
It’s still unknown what rebates are in store for those that lost out because of the tracker mortgage issue.
The bank secured a possession order on Raymond Flavin’s Kerry home – then admitted to overcharging him for ‘a period of time’.
Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty said it showed the regulator was still trying to get to grips with the scale of the controversy.
The bank says it will commence refunding customers from the beginning of 2017.
222 tracker mortgage customers were affected.
SME and non-financial corporate lending is the main target of today’s package of measures, with the ECB also cutting inflation expectations.
Frankfurt looks set to deliver a long-awaited interest rate cut next month.
Older people are leading the regular savings charge while younger mortgage holders struggle.
ECB president Mario Draghi has cut the rate for the fifth time in two years.
Mario Draghi says that the Eurozone is recovering, slowly, but had good news for holders of tracker mortgages.
Mortgage holders have been written to in the last days informing them of an increase in rates from late next month.
The latest IMF update on Ireland’s financial health, summarised into handy bitesized chunks.
But Mario Draghi says Ireland’s vote is a welcome affirmation of its priorities, and that market access could be close at hand.
A 0.25 per cent cut would be good news for mortgage holders – though most expect it to come next month, not today.
Danske Bank reckons a drop in European manufacturing output could mean some great news for mortgage holders…
“All over the place” is how Michael McGrath described Fine Gael and Labour’s handling of the Anglo debt negotiations.
The Finance Minister has confirmed negotiations are underway on a major restructuring of Ireland’s banking debts.
As expected, the monthly meeting of the ECB’s governing council decides not to tinker with the main interest rates.
Thousands of homeowners in Ireland will see their fixed rate mortgage deals end in the coming months and they may be able to reduce their monthly repayments as a result.
The ECB had been expected to continue raising interest rates this year, but may now cut them to revive the economy.
AIB increases saving and lending rates, but there’s no move for standard rate mortgages for the time being.
The European Central Bank keeps its key rate unchanged for now – but Trichet’s “strong vigilance” means one next month.