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Covid-19 fuelled predatory financial scams globally – report
- Financial Services
- December 23, 2020, 13:02
The Covid-19 pandemic fuelled a spike in predatory financial scams and unlicensed advice around the world, according to a report for an organisation o(...)

Loyal customers pay considerably more for insurance than switchers
- Personal Finance
- December 14, 2020, 12:18
Loyalty could be costing the typical home insurance customer €161 a year, with the widespread use of dual pricing in the Irish market meaning that ins(...)

Banks’ approach to Covid-related financial stress feels naggingly familiar
- Financial Services
- November 21, 2020, 06:00
At what point do “warning signs” become the thing you look back on after everything has gone wrong? This question might well be high in the top minds (...)

Central Bank asks lenders to address ‘warning signs’ in treatment of borrowers
- Financial Services
- November 20, 2020, 18:04
The Central Bank has written to the chief executives of lenders in the Irish market asking them to address “warning signs” apparent in their handling (...)

Central Bank warns insurers and banks on fitness and probity rules
- Financial Services
- November 17, 2020, 15:16
Some banks and insurers are not alerting regulators to issues that could affect senior employees’ fitness to hold key positions in their organisations(...)

Central Bank reports ‘suspected criminal’ tracker offences to Garda
- Financial Services
- October 21, 2020, 16:53
The Central Bank has submitted reports of suspected criminal offences to An Garda Síochána in relation to its investigation into the State’s tracker-m(...)

Central Bank finds litany of shortcomings in fund firms
- Financial Services
- October 20, 2020, 12:53
The Central Bank said it has found a series of management and control shortcomings in companies involved in Ireland’s €3 trillion international asset (...)

Dual insurance pricing more widespread than admitted, regulator finds
- Financial Services
- September 9, 2020, 12:07
The Central Bank has found that dual pricing across motor and home insurance policies is more common than coverage providers have admitted, at a time (...)

Insurers told to pay legal costs of pandemic test cases
- Financial Services
- August 5, 2020, 12:58
The Central Bank has ordered insurance companies to pay the “reasonable costs” of business customers in a limited number of ongoing test cases over pa(...)

Lenders must engage ‘sympathetically’ with borrowers in difficulty, says Central Bank
- Economy
- June 5, 2020, 13:10
Lenders must offer “appropriate solutions”, including forbearance, to borrowers who continue to experience difficulties after coronavirus payment brea(...)