Full coverage: Banking

Businessman Paul Mackay battled Charles Haughey over his finances and was a founding member of the Progressive Democrats. More recently, he has sought to highlight the massive erosion in value at the Irish Credit Bureau. He tells his story to Tom Lyons.

Unlike Russia’s biggest banks, which are state-owned and cut off from western debt markets, Alfa Bank has been using Ireland to raise more and more funds from investors. An investigation by The Currency charts the money trail.

State-owned VTB Bank has spent the past seven years moving assets around Europe in the face of sanctions and Brexit. An investigation by The Currency reveals that its commodities business has landed in Ireland – at least on paper.

The fine and findings issued by the Central Bank will raise questions for CRH chair Richie Boucher who led Bank of Ireland for most of this period, as well as others.

Clive Murray, head of equities at Investec, says the bank’s Dublin office has assumed heightened importance since Brexit – and this has led to significant investment here. He also talks about the pandemic, potential acquisitions and its plan to become number one in core areas.

Former Bank of Ireland executive Nick Fahy is building a hybrid business bank, with customer-facing staff backed up by Google’s AI technology.

The US vulture fund had acquired many large portfolios of distressed loans in Ireland in the past, but never so many secured on people’s homes. Why did CarVal do it this time, and where does this leave borrowers?

Ali Niknam’s challenger bank Bunq has just acquired Irish alternative lender Capitalflow. In an exclusive interview, the entrepreneur talks about launching his own bank, why regulation favours the incumbents and his plans for the Irish market.

PTSB looks to have secured €7.6 billion of Ulster Bank assets on very favourable terms. It's a good deal for taxpayers – though consumers might pay in the long run.

Ronan Horgan’s Irish alternative lender Capitalflow has advanced €650m to Irish SMEs. It has now being acquired by Bunq, the Dutch challenger bank. Horgan explains the rationale for the deal and what it means for the Irish market.