Ian Guider's Market Talk

Now Nationwide has joined the list of financial institutions quitting Ireland, it’s time to question the reasons why competition in the banking business isn’t flourishing here

Nationwide is the latest foreign financial institution to pull out of the Irish market

What’s wrong with the Irish banking scene?

So farewell, then, Nationwide (UK) Ireland. The British building society has become the latest financial institution to depart these shores. Its name can be added to the list that includes Halifax Bank of Scotland, Danske Bank, ACC and others.

What makes the decision of the Nationwide, the largest building society in Britain and one of the few organisations that emerged unscathed from the 2008 financial crisis, ...