Keeping your nest egg safe: is it time to increase the level of protection?
Savings of up to €100,000 are currently protected but the UK is considering raising this to around €128,000
European Banking Authority (EBA)
ECB threatens 20 banks with fines after climate-risk warning
Regulator has repeatedly warned that lenders aren’t doing enough to prepare for the fallout of extreme weather shocks
Francesco Ceccato, Barclays Europe’s CEO: On deals, regulation and choosing Dublin
Brexit prompted Barclays to chose Republic as its EU base
ECB will act ‘at the right time’ to achieve inflation goal but only gradually, Lagarde says
European Parliament told that inflation is ‘likely to remain elevated’
Central Bank told regulators it was ‘not resourced’ to investigate cum-ex tax fraud
Regulator told European officials Irish entities may have been used in scheme
Banks braced for ‘broad-ranging review’
Cantillon: Sector mired in liquid ratios, low profits, and bonus and salary caps
Irish banker earned more than €16m in 2019
EU banking report shows 34 people in State were paid more than €1m
Severe Covid recession would push Irish banks’ capital below EU peers
EBA stress tests assessed how banks could cope with ‘worst-case’ scenario
Banks put through commercial property ringer in stress tests
Cantillon: Curbs on shareholder payouts to peter out as EBA scrutiny report looms
AIB adopts new sustainable lending measures
Bank plans to categorise loan book on basis of sustainability
‘Global cybersecurity crisis’ builds from attack on Microsoft email software
European Banking Authority among the victims as Chinese ‘Hafnium’ group blamed
Greek banks use Dublin to move up to €54bn of risky loans
Irish-domiciled SPVs used to accommodate Greek assets, Central Bank reveals
AIB: ‘Near-term outlook more clouded than medium-term’
Bank’s three-year plan, published Wednesday, revised due to Covid-19 pandemic
EU watchdog resists calls to revisit payment breaks
EBA says it must ensure the credibility of banks’ balance sheet data is not jeopardised
Irish homeowners must see rates relief if they make it through Covid turmoil
Mortgage holders in Ireland repay €80,500 more than the EU average on a €300,000 mortgage over 30 years
EU bank watchdog may need to revisit payment breaks
Further economic decline due to Covid-19 could warrant loan flexibility, ECB says
Banks urge borrowers facing hit from new restrictions to engage
Lenders no longer offering general payment breaks but treating customers on case-by-case basis
Irish borrowers secured second-highest payment breaks in Europe
Over 13% of Irish loans to households and businesses were subject to payment freezes
Borrowers return to normal loan repayments after Covid breaks
Agenda: ‘Unemployment is a lagging indicator in any recession because businesses will hang on for as long as they can before failing’
State ‘should bail out’ distressed homeowners
Call comes ahead of Government meeting with banks on extending mortgage breaks
State 'should bail out’ troubled homeowners with mortgage assistance payment
Call comes ahead of Government meeting with banks to discuss extension of Covid related mortgage breaks
Banks face ‘hectic’ loan restructuring as payment breaks end, Goodbody warns
Central Bank says there are 90,539 active payment breaks across Irish households
EU watchdog calls for end to Covid loan payment breaks
European Banking Authority says banks should return to offering relief on a ‘case-by-case’ basis
EU watchdog tells British banks to get ready for full Brexit
Warning no mechanism in place for direct EU access in deposits or loans at end of 2020
Banks are right to charge interest on mortgages with Covid payment breaks
Opinion: Government should focus on mortgage rates as Irish borrowers pay €300 more a month than the rest of the euro zone
State-guaranteed SME loans to be below market rates, Tánaiste says
Varadkar, Donohoe and McGrath meet AIB, Bank of Ireland and Ulster Bank chiefs
Banks will be judged less on payment breaks and more on next step
Joe Brennan: Interest rate row far cry from banks’ initial chance to be good guy in crisis
Covid-19 crisis triggers payment breaks on 28% of SME borrowing
Central Bank data shows almost 10% of Irish mortgage debt also subject to relief
Banks to keep charging interest on loans subject to Covid-19 payment break
Industry body denies banks misled government over accrual of interest on paused loans
Banks should not profit from mortgage payment break schemes, warns Taoiseach
Micheál Martin says Minister for Finance will be raising the issue with the banks
Banks charging interest on payment holiday loans undermined by EU guidance
Not applying interest for six months during Covid-19 payment holiday could cost banks up to €150m
Central Bank considers legal action over Covid-19 insurance cover
Four test cases being taken against FBD
Irish woman named first female head of top EU medicines agency
Emer Cooke to lead EMA at crucial time for the body due to Covid-19 pandemic
Lenders must engage ‘sympathetically’ with borrowers in difficulty, says Central Bank
Derville Rowland says regulatory focus remains unchanged
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