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Ulster Bank targets 813 further redundancies as wind-down continues

Lender’s main trade union says staff cuts will be made over the next 12 months

Wed May 24 2023 - 13:47

Energy suppliers snub Oireachtas committee on bank switch concerns

Exit of Ulster Bank and KBC could impact on customers’ direct debit arrangements

Wed May 18 2022 - 17:30

Ulster Bank chief sounds warning on Irish financial system

Cantillon: Claim shared systems and utilities could make banks far more competitive

Tue May 17 2022 - 05:30

Irish Life Financial Services to advise Ulster Bank customers

Transfer relates to life assurance products, pensions, investment and protection policies

Fri May 13 2022 - 13:10

Irish banking in 2022: retrenchment, reviews, retribution… and rates

Stock investors bet retreat of Ulster Bank and KBC will give surviving banks a fighting chance

Fri Dec 31 2021 - 10:16

‘Hard to overstate the incompetence’: The best business quotes of 2021

The most memorable utterances of the year on bitcoin, climate action and more

Fri Dec 31 2021 - 05:53

PTSB and Ulster Bank seek competition clearance for €6.8bn loans deal

Transformational deal would increase PTSB’s loan book by almost 50%

Thu Dec 23 2021 - 10:38

Senior Ulster Bank executive departs as bank plans withdrawal

Eddie Cullen leaving in one of the first high-profile departures ahead of Republic exit

Fri Aug 13 2021 - 17:58

Ulster Bank improves terms of redundancy offering amid market exit

New terms propose exiting staff receive five weeks’ pay per year of service

Fri Jun 11 2021 - 11:11

KBC tells staff they will have jobs until at least end of October

Bank did not give any indication if roles would transfer with disposal of loan book

Tue May 11 2021 - 17:47

Union calls on KBC for jobs clarity amid ‘fear and confusion’

KBC does not recognise unions, but ‘substantial’ number of staff are members

Tue Apr 20 2021 - 17:14

Ulster Bank faced court order in tracker investigation before €38m fine

Regulator found lender devised ‘deliberate strategies’ to overcharge customers

Fri Mar 26 2021 - 01:17

AIB hires Alantra to sell British small business loan book

CEO announced last December that the bank was exiting the British SME market

Mon Mar 08 2021 - 05:17

AIB informs customers whose accounts are being moved ahead of closures

A number of locations in Dublin, Cork and Galway are set to close following review

Tue Mar 02 2021 - 15:38

Ulster Bank confirms branches are part of PTSB talks

Bank commits to support current mortgage applicants and borrowers in difficulty

Tue Feb 23 2021 - 19:15

Ulster Bank staff stressed out by months of uncertainty, admits CEO

Lender says colleagues kept in the dark over wind-down due to ‘confidentiality restriction’

Tue Feb 23 2021 - 15:16

Oireachtas committee to quiz Ulster Bank executives

Questions will focus particularly on problem mortgages and the outlook for bank staff

Fri Feb 19 2021 - 19:45

Ulster Bank CEO fails the leadership test

Staff the last to be informed about decision that was known to everyone else

Fri Feb 19 2021 - 16:48

Q&A: What will Ulster Bank’s closure mean for customers?

Decision by NatWest affects mortgages, business loans and deposits

Fri Feb 19 2021 - 15:09

Ulster Bank’s timeline: From backing linen merchants to Celtic Tiger builders

Over the course of 160 years, Ulster Bank grew from a small regional presence to being a major property lender in the Celtic Tiger boom years

Fri Feb 19 2021 - 12:18

Union accuses Ulster Bank of treating its staff ‘very shabbily’

Financial Services Union says bank staff must have option to move with their work

Fri Feb 19 2021 - 08:27

Ulster Bank CEO tells staff ‘no decision has been taken’

Staff to be briefed after bank results are published on Friday

Thu Feb 18 2021 - 11:52

Ulster Bank staff asked to sign NDAs on strategic review, union says

Bank’s parent considering winding down division as Covid-19 further depresses profits

Thu Feb 04 2021 - 17:48

Ulster Bank staff ‘furious’ at being kept in dark on future

Ulster’s parent is undertaking a strategic review of the unit

Wed Feb 03 2021 - 16:05

NatWest using Covid as ‘cover’ for Ulster Bank review, FSU says

Ulster Bank, Central Bank refuse to appear before Oireachtas committee on bank’s future

Tue Dec 08 2020 - 16:57

White knights or loan book cannibals – what will happen at Ulster Bank?

Yet another review likely to decide if lender has a future in Irish market

Fri Nov 27 2020 - 05:21

Goldman Sachs advises NatWest on Ulster Bank review

NatWest is said to be actively considering winding down Irish unit

Mon Nov 23 2020 - 04:42

Ulster Bank chairman quits after two months ‘for personal reasons’

Chief executive says it has nothing to do with review being carried out by parent NatWest

Fri Nov 13 2020 - 16:24

Am I crazy to consider switching to an Ulster Bank mortgage?

Q&A: Dominic Coyle

Tue Oct 27 2020 - 06:00

Ulster Bank tells ‘deeply concerned’ Minister no decision yet on future

Virtual meeting with Paschal Donohoe as bank considers wind-down

Wed Oct 21 2020 - 16:24

Ulster Bank to meet Paschal Donohoe to discuss bank’s future

Parent company NatWest is considering winding business down

Tue Oct 20 2020 - 18:56

Cerberus eyes Ulster Bank’s €20.5bn loan book in the Republic

Lender’s UK parent NatWest said to be actively considering exiting the market

Fri Oct 16 2020 - 11:10

NatWest confirms review of Ulster Bank as Covid-19 bites

Statement comes after report that wind-down of lender is being considered

Fri Sept 18 2020 - 17:12

Has NatWest finally run out of patience with Ulster Bank?

Behind the business-as-usual facade, things are not rosy between the bank and its parent

Thu Sept 17 2020 - 19:29