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South African insurer OUTsurance to launch in Ireland

The company plans to offer consumers motor and home insurance products

Central Bank starts consultation on new accountability rules for financial services sector

Under the rules, specific firms will have to set out clearly and fully where responsibility and decision-making lie within the firm’s senior management

Inflation to keep easing in 2023 even as household incomes recover

New Central Bank bulletin says the government should ‘unwind’ cost of living supports in order to reduce inflationary pressures on the economy

Central Bank of Ireland blocks ChatGPT for staff as financial services firms grapple with AI

Three main retail banks reviewing whether to allow the use of the technology, which can generate text based on a prompt from a user, amid fears it can make mistakes when writing presentations or documents

Nobel laureate Paul Krugman says Irish officials are ‘in denial’ over economic growth

Krugman was responding to comments made by Gabriel Makhlouf, governor of the Central Bank, in the Financial Times

Bank of Ireland reaches pension deal with senior bankers moving to Davy

Twenty private client managers will be compensated for giving up their defined benefit pension entitlements as part of the transfer to stockbrokers Davy, which Bank of Ireland acquired last year

Ian Guider: In opposition, McGrath sought fairness for borrowers, so why not now?

The Minister for Finance must instruct the Central Bank to require that mortgage holders are not stigmatised by past credit history or by being a customer of a non-bank fund

Deputy Central Bank governor Sharon Donnery in the race for top European banking job

Donnery has been tipped to take over as the chair of the body overseeing the European Central Bank

All Irish payment firms to get audited after regulator finds ‘significant deficiencies’

The financial regulator has flagged concerns with some firms’ efforts to safeguard users’ funds

Will joining the big banks pay off for Revolut?

The fintech start-up stands to gain from the exit of KBC and Ulster Bank, but has a long way to go to become a trusted global financial services player

Irish business face falling valuations as interest rates rise, Waterland boss predicts

Laura Dillion, managing director and principal of the Irish arm of private equity firm Waterland, said rising interest rates and ongoing economic uncertainty meant business valuations would have to fall in 2023

Interest rates will rise again in February and March, Central Bank chief says

Gabriel Makhlouf says interest rates will rise at the next two meetings of the ECB, but says there is ‘uncertainty’ about policy decisions after that

John Walsh: Will the recent change of tone in financial services regulation lead to growth for the sector?

The real test of the relationship between the industry and the Central Bank will be the introduction of the bank’s senior executive accountability regime (SEAR) later this year

Irish mortgage rates third-lowest in eurozone last November, but increases on horizon

New figures show the average interest rate on new Irish home loans remained at 2.57% last November, but figures largely predate hikes from big Irish lenders

Revolut fined €70,000 in Lithuania for failing to submit accounts on time

Lithuanian Central Bank imposed fine after the fintech failed to submit audited accounts for a subsidiary within the legal deadline

Revolut delays filing 2021 accounts again after audit risks are highlighted

The company is under growing pressure from British financial regulators to improve its internal controls and compliance functions after criticism of the auditing process at the firm

OECD tells Central Bank easing home loan rules risks pushing prices higher

European think tank says move implemented in October could destabilise economy

Central Bank sets strict limits to prevent large debts in property funds

The regulator also said the Irish economy should perform well, despite many other countries facing downturns

D’Arcy left role as Revolut director when company dropped Irish e-money licence

Fintech abandoned plans to run its western European business from Dublin

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