Ed Sibley

Coronavirus: Insurers told to interpret claims in customers’ favour

Central Bank says insurance firm CEOs must take responsibility for handling of claims

2019 sees Brexit deliver new banking giant as domestic lenders quiver

Tracker scandal rumbles on as domestic banks move to sell off problem mortgage portfolios

Bank of Ireland mobile app rollout delayed

New mobile app will be rolled out on phased basis in 2020, bank says

‘Vulture’ funds file 35 authorisation applications with Central Bank

New law requires owners of Irish mortgages to be regulated

Sorry seems to be the hardest word for an Irish banker to say

There isn’t a ‘bold step’ big enough for all the bankers who have failed their customers

Banker strikes bum note as regulator warns of return to bad days

Business Week: also in the news were property prices; insurance; and two windfalls

KBC chief apologises for tracker remarks

Comments will be ‘upsetting to the families who lost their homes’ says Paschal Donohoe

KBC tracker comments take us back to an unwelcome past

Joe Brennan: Thijs figured he was among his own kind when bemoaning tracker scandal

KBC boss on tracker focus: ‘Come on, guys, turn the page’

Belgian banking boss says focus on ‘nitty gritty stuff’ is holding back Irish banks

Banks not so brave on bringing down mortgage rates

Ed Sibley tells banks to live up to their own fuzzy slogans, such as AIB’s ‘backing brave’

Brexit warnings get louder as cliff-edge approaches

Cantillon: Problem for forecasters is predicting short-term impact of UK withdrawal

Financial firms pull 18 top appointments amid Central Bank pressure

Level of withdrawn applications last year up from eight cases in 2017 and five in 2016

Government presses ahead with broadband despite pleas to stop

Business Week: also is the news was competitiveness; GDP; and financial services

Central Bank finds lapses by firms on fitness of key staff

Regulator wars of failure to comply under Fitness and Probity Regime

Irish motor insurance returned to profit in 2017 after €757m of losses

Profit of €31.1m on motor coverage in 2017, but cost of insurance claims remains too high

Dublin to become hub for 40% of ship insurer’s business after Brexit

The Standard Club chooses Dublin for strong talent pool and proximity to UK, EU and US

Lane approaching fork in road as prospect of ECB post nears

TCD and regulatory roles position Central Bank governor for ECB chief economist job

Central Bank names Adrian Varley director of prudential analysis

Regulator is strengthening resilience and consumer protection

Rules ‘severely restricting’ credit unions in mortgage market

Central Bank is considering loosening the rules but also says sector could lend more

Mortgage hunters: Time to look beyond the five main banks?

Several niche mortgage operators are already in business here, with more on the way

An Post seeks fintech partner for mortgage strategy

Postal services provider links up with Avantcard to offer personal loans

Credit union mortgage lending rules may be loosened

Consultation paper on proposed changes will be published ‘within the coming weeks’

Central Bank backs ‘legitimate and necessary’ sale of bad loans

‘Next downturn closer than start of last one,’ top Central Bank official says

Brexit applications to Central Bank at ‘very significant’ level

Ongoing need to ‘reprioritise business as usual’ work, minutes from regulator show

AIB and Bank of Ireland are the big beasts of banking again

Banks share 60% of mortgage market, and their dominance is scaring competitors away

Regulator appoints new head of banking supervision

Mary-Elizabeth McMunn will also be responsible for the registry of credit unions

Taoiseach keeps eye on the prize in awkward Trump encounter

Business Week: More Border woes for Britain, but good news for mortgage holders

Irish trade not yet impacted by Brexit - Central Bank

Brexit is still expected to have negative effect on Irish economy depending on trade arrangement

Central Bank gets budget boost despite criticism over tracker scandal

Regulator approved for €294m but chastised for not being tough on mortgage lenders

Irish-based insurers urged to improve Brexit preparations

Central Bank has written to insurance companies requesting details on consequences of Brexit

Time to put the skids under banks that drag their tracker-scandal heels

Cliff Taylor: Where moral suasion fails, use fitness and probity powers

Banks push Central Bank to edge of powers in tracker scandal

Business Week: also in the news was Storm Ophelia; Brexit; hotel industry; and Athenry

Banks must begin redress by Christmas to avoid sanctions

Government to seek firm commitment and timeline for compensating tracker victims

Big read: Irish banks plot loan sales as ECB turns up heat

Bad loans endgame looms as new sheriff in town lays down law to Irish banks

Central Bank’s chief economist Gabriel Fagan to step down

Fagan played key role in shaping bank’s macroprudential policy

Central Bank appoints Bernard Sheridan as interim deputy governor

He takes over from Frenchman Cyril Roux and will fill the role until the autumn

Business Podcast: Central Bank concerned at lack of diversity in financial sector

Also on the podcast, assurances from Ulster Bank on security of Apple Pay

Central Bank expects Brexit relocation decisions early in 2017

Regulator ‘confident’ that staffing issues involving relocations can be managed

Central Bank sends clear message on authorisation of banks

Any application to relocate in Ireland will have to undergo ‘a thorough and robust assessment’

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