MONEY MATTERS: Could banks extend negative rates to ordinary consumers?

In the heady days of the Celtic Tiger,banks were falling over themselves to win your business. Free banking, attractive deposit rates and lots of offers to attract more customers.

How things have changed. Now free banking is hard to find, unless you perform the appropriate financial contortions each month. In order to qualify for free banking these days you typically have to meet certain requirements, such as keeping a hefty sum in your ...