Dubliner Marc Hussey, head of JP Morgan in Ireland, emigrated in the 1980s. He discusses his dalliance with retirement, lessons from financing the reconstruction of eastern Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall, and Ireland's transformation.
The late Italian magnate’s legacy reaches into asset-management and life-insurance subsidiaries of the Mediterranean bank Mediolanum, which employs more than 200 staff in Dublin.
Over 15 years on from its €4bn bailout, PTSB is set to leave State control. Its new owner Bawag, Austria's fourth-largest bank, will already be well versed with the Irish market.
Monzo couldn't replicate its UK success in the US. After a disappointing run across the Atlantic, it's hoping Ireland can launch it into the EU market. Will it succeed?
Monzo pursued a U.S. license but withdrew its application in 2021, writes Elena Vardon, The Wall Street Journal.
Keith Ryan was a trusted advisor to some of Ireland’s most accomplished leaders and families, but he never saw them merely as clients—he treated them as friends. His passing came far too soon.
From surviving the Dublin bombings to driving £300,000 in cash across Ireland at 110mph, Peter Coogan has lived a life as dramatic as any thriller — and he’s still fighting for customers in his 80s.
US banker Alex McWhorter has headed Citi’s Ukrainian business since 2018. Having turned its vault into a bomb shelter, the bank is now growing along with the country’s economy – but real prosperity depends on peace.
Finance Ireland has been reported to be up for sale for over a year. Now a €10 billion Austrian bank, which already has Irish interests, is seeking to buy it.
Fifteen years on, banks may seem safer, but risk has slipped into the shadows. Mike Aynsley warns that the next financial crisis could already be funded — with Ireland at the heart of a fragile global system.
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