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‘I said I’d stay in the civil service a year – I left 37 years later’: Julie O’Neill, PTSB chair

The former government Secretary General Julie O’Neill on her 'encore’ role as the chairwoman of Permanent TSB after serving on the board for six years

Permanent TSB completes acquisition of Ulster Bank’s non-tracker mortgages

The mortgage accounts acquired are currently made up of loans with a value of around €915 million

Irish bank shares fall as Credit Suisse hits new low

The troubled Swiss lender’s biggest shareholder has ruled out investing any more money in the firm

Bank of Ireland on a high, but now analysts wait to see what O’Grady says

Chief executive Myles O’Grady will be facing pressure from investors to increase dividends to shareholders – and will also be looking to cut costs, boost the bank’s green credentials and improve the gender balance of the leadership team

Mortgage drawdowns increased to €14bn last year, the highest level since 2008

Mortgage market grew to its highest level in over a decade, according to new figures from the Banking & Payments Federation of Ireland (BPFI)

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

Ulster Bank to freeze accounts still being used from next week

The move is one of the final steps in the lender’s withdrawal from the Irish market

Permanent TSB announces second mortgage rate hike in two months

The lender said the rise was due to a series of price increases from the European Central Bank

Permanent TSB becomes the last bank to hike interest rates

Bank of Ireland and AIB have already moved in response to European rate increases

Opinion: Ireland is one of the few countries where banking profits are guaranteed

Marc Rubinstein writes that customers pay the price of bolstering lenders, just as they did for bailing them out

State to further cut AIB stake by selling over €400 million in shares

The state’s holding in the company will drop to 57 per cent

Permanent TSB to raise fees for business customers

The changes will result in some fees being more than doubled for business current account holders

CCPC to investigate Permanent TSB’s proposed acquisition of certain assets of Ulster Bank

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission to determine if the deal could lead to ‘a substantial lessening of competition’ in the country

Ideal home show returns to RDS

The country’s largest residential design exhibition showcases the latest building, gardening and decor trends, ideas and expert advice

AIB on ‘heightened alert’ against Russian cyber threats

Irish banks working with National Cyber Security Centre amid fears of attacks

Ian Guider: Big three banks sitting pretty as they wait for new customers to come calling

The departure of KBC and Ulster will release a lucrative abundance of personal account and business customers for the remaining three banks to divvy up

Irish banks ‘hit harder’ by Covid than others in Europe

Study analysing financial performance of 123 banks across Europe found Irish banks had negative return on equity significantly below the European average

PTSB’s Crowley euphoric after ‘transformative’ €7.6 billion deal

The capture of a huge tranche of Ulster Bank’s assets is set to increase Permanent TSB’s mortgage book by about 40 per cent and expand its branch network by one-third

Ian Guider: A banking duopoly would be as bad for Ireland’s interests as a limit of two supermarkets

We can’t afford to lose any more banks, so let’s revisit the idea of local banking or make the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland a standalone entity

Permanent TSB hopes to purchase billions of euro of Ulster Bank assets within months

PTSB is seeking to reach legal agreement with NatWest for the purchase of €7.6 billion of Ulster Bank assets