The Irish Times

Irish banks plot fresh wave of job cuts as low ECB rates and Brexit bite

Four of the State’s five surviving retail banks are working on a major cost-cutting drive

Fri Oct 25 2019 - 05:19

PTSB chief Jeremy Masding to step down next year

Bank has begun process of finding new boss

Thu Oct 24 2019 - 14:12

PTSB sells €300m of ‘bail-in-able’ senior bonds

Analysts say successful bond sale this week ‘bodes well’ for PTSB’s future bond-sale plans

Fri Sept 20 2019 - 17:43

Vulture fund will repossess most of PTSB loan portfolio – activist

Mortgage holders' advocate believes Start will repossess most of 2,000 homes involved

Thu Sept 12 2019 - 20:14

PTSB to sell bonds where investors could suffer losses in crash

Bonds can be bailed in if PTSB runs into trouble again in the future

Mon Sept 09 2019 - 06:43

Bank of Ireland’s continues to struggle to hit its financial targets

Bank warns ‘external environment changed since we set our strategic plan a year ago’

Tue Jul 30 2019 - 05:04

PTSB directors buy first shares since financial crisis

Shares in the bank have fallen by 75% since sale of a 25% stake on stock market in 2015

Mon Jul 29 2019 - 12:19

Red nose day for Europe as Boris Johnson enters Downing St

Business week: also in the news was banker pay; AIB; Irish Glass Bottle site, and Nama

Sat Jul 27 2019 - 05:45

Lower ECB rates leave Irish taxpayers stuck with our banks

Euro-zone economy remains in malaise as Draghi enters twilight of his tenure

Fri Jul 26 2019 - 16:38

Masding seeks time to ‘max out’ PTSB before tie-up talk

Pretax profit fell by 50 per cent to €28m in the first six months of the year

Fri Jul 26 2019 - 05:15

PTSB first half profit falls 50% amid loan sales, tracker fine

New mortgage lending outperformed market growth, rising 18% in the first half of the year

Thu Jul 25 2019 - 11:59

PTSB still has a heavy load to shift

Analysis: Up to €550 million in problem loans still to be dealt with

Thu Jul 25 2019 - 11:42

Bankers must prove culture has changed before pay cap goes

Report by consultants recommending changes given to Minister a month ago

Wed Jul 24 2019 - 14:22

Record fine for PTSB but no heads roll

Analysis: Central Bank says €21 million fine reflects ‘gravity’ of PTSB’s failings

Fri May 31 2019 - 05:15

PTSB fined €21 million over ‘unacceptable harm’ caused by tracker mortgage scandal

Fine is largest ever issued by the State’s banking regulator

Thu May 30 2019 - 14:08

PTSB reaches out-of-court settlement with tracker mortgage customer

Central Bank figures suggest some 40,000 borrowers have been affected across the banks

Wed May 29 2019 - 05:54

Permanent TSB chief says merger with another bank not on his agenda

Annual general meeting hears ‘tough decisions’ must be made at lender

Tue May 14 2019 - 17:26

PTSB reports 25% rise in new lending to €300m

Bank now has 15.1% share of new mortgage market, thanks partly to its cashback offer

Thu May 09 2019 - 16:30

Finance union backs Sinn Féin Bill to limit mortgage loan sales

Union ‘concerned’ about proposed EU directive promoting distressed loans market

Mon Apr 15 2019 - 02:35

PTSB's future remains uncertain despite an impressive recovery

The bank is back in profit, but questions remain about its future ownership

Fri Apr 12 2019 - 05:30