Business people, farmers and older people forced to travel to other towns as...
Limits on cash lodgements and withdrawals are causing headaches for some rural customers.
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Ombudsman Ger Deering said his office has seen firsthand the level of hardship people have experienced as they struggle to pay back their debt.
View ArticleServices closing, lack of transport and young people leaving - the causes and...
Many local businesses are being forced to shut their doors and vital services are diminishing at a fast pace.
View ArticleIrish banks are at war over mortgage rates - which could be good for consumers
KBC has announced a new fixed mortgage rate offering.
View ArticlePTSB says it won't pay corporation tax over the next 21 years
PTSB said the “accounting principle” is something it is obliged to comply with.
View ArticleMcGrath: 'How did the banks happen to make the same mistake that hurt their...
Thousands of customers have been charged higher interest rates than they should have been.
View ArticleCentral Bank urged to 'flex its muscle' with banks over slow progress in...
Many customers will have to wait until well into 2018 to get their money back and receive compensation.
View ArticleHere are the shops and businesses remaining closed due to storm
Dunnes, Lidl, Tesco and Aldi are among the outlets closed.
View Article23 people lost their homes because of the tracker mortgage scandal
Financial institutions have paid out €163 million to affected customers to date.
View ArticleTaoiseach says banks' behaviour on tracker mortgages is 'scandalous'
Donohoe is calling in the bankers on Monday and Wednesday to “admonish” the chief executives.
View ArticleFrom 'I don't know what a tracker mortgage is' to the biggest financial...
The heads of three banks are due to meet with the Finance Minister to discuss the issue today.
View Article'They're refusing to engage': Banks reject almost half of personal insolvency...
The head of the insolvency service said banks are challenging proposals “on as many fronts as possible”.
View ArticleSorry is too little, too late for tracker customers who suffered for years...
Now that the banks have set deadlines for paying customers back, there is a risk that this issue will be put to one side.
View ArticleBank of Ireland confirms additional 6,000 customers overcharged in tracker...
This brings the total number of impacted Bank of Ireland customers to 10,300.
View ArticleCentral Bank wants bank execs to 'take a long hard look in the mirror' over...
Deputy Governor Ed Sibley said he expects board members to be held to account over the errors.
View Article'I'm not going anywhere': Lay litigants in uphill battle against banks and...
There are calls for the Legal Aid Board to relax its merits test so more families in debt can access professional representation.
View ArticleHigh Court Master says government's legal advice scheme is 'a scam'
Edmund Honohan criticised the government for failing to deliver systems it had promised to help keep people in their homes.
View ArticleIt gets worse: Central Bank forces lenders to admit 13,600 more tracker...
We now know at least 33,700 customers were overcharged and the Central Bank said it had to “relentlessly pursue” lenders in many of these cases.
View ArticleHere's how many customers each of the main banks say they overcharged
Some of the banks have increased their numbers significantly.
View ArticlePoll: Should the public banking model be introduced in Ireland?
Sparkasse is the largest banking sector in Germany.
View ArticleBanks are getting a bit better at dispensing €10 notes from ATMs
The Central Bank has set targets for the banks to give customers the option to take out smaller amounts of cash.
View ArticleMinister 'confident' school building projects not in jeopardy after...
The Department of Education said school buildings in question are approximately 90% complete.
View Article'Take a look in the mirror': Why didn't the Central Bank act earlier on the...
The Central Bank’s governor Philip Lane confirmed 13,000 impacted customers are still waiting to get their money back.
View ArticleTracker scandal: Just a quarter of PTSB customers who lost homes have appealed
Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty said there was an “onus” on the banks to get in contact with these customers.
View ArticleDealing with a vulture fund - how these families have coped
With tens of thousands of mortgage holders potentially facing vulture funds, we spoke to some people who’ve been through it already.
View ArticlePTSB chief refuses to appear before Finance Committee next week over loan sale
The bank recently announced it is to sell off a €3.7 billion portfolio of non-performing loans, including mortgages 14,000 private dwelling homes.
View ArticleHere are the stores, banks and post offices closing due to the bad weather
The entire nation has been advised to remain indoors from 4pm today.
View ArticleEven PTSB customers who are meeting revised loan terms will have mortgages...
Executives blamed the European regulator for the classification of these loans as non-performing.
View Article3,400 new victims of tracker mortgage scandal identified
37,100 customers affected by the scandal have now been identified, with €459 million in redress paid to date.
View Article'Bonuses are not common practice': Public banking model in Ireland would...
Sparkassen make up the largest banking group – and therefore market leader – in Germany.
View ArticlePaschal Donohoe: 'Our stance on bankers' pay has remained unchanged. This is...
I have initiated a review of bank remuneration policy, writes Paschal Donohoe.
View Article'This is a human crisis': David Hall believes 17,000 families will have homes...
Hall told the Finance Committee that a narrative has been fostered that people in long-term arrears are “messers”.
View ArticleVisa apologises for card issues, says services are 'operating at close to...
Large queues had formed at ATMs earlier.
View ArticleFinancial services watchdog received over 900 complaints about tracker mortgages
All of the complaints are on hold until the Central Bank finishes its review.
View ArticleIrish banks are fond of customer-first slogans - but the Central Bank says...
The review found there is still a crisis-era mindset in several executive committees.
View ArticleShane Ross: 'I'm sorry some people will lose part of their front gardens, but...
In an interview with TheJournal.ie, Shane Ross also says the government needs to have more of a say in State-owned banks.
View Article'We own some of the banks, but we don't run the banks': Minister says...
Questions have been mounting as to where Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe is in the midst of this summer’s vulture fund sell off.
View ArticleBank of Ireland reverses decision to stop all-day cash services in over 100...
Earlier this year, the bank announced that around 100 branches across the country would have cash services for half days only.
View ArticleOver 4,000 mortgages approved last month, with lots of people switching
The almost 45,000 mortgages approved in the last 12 months are valued at €9.9 billion.
View ArticleNumber affected by tracker mortgage scandal rises - it's now over 38,000
The Central Bank governor says a review of the scandal raises serious concerns about current Irish banking culture.
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