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Full coverage: Banks

Zippay’s arrival in 2026 is not fashionably late – but the competition is welcome

The pillar banks hope to claw back some of the market share conceded to fintechs like Revolut with its new payments service. Whether it's a case of too little, too late remains to be seen.

Michael Cogley
10th Mar, 2026 - 6 min read

Big bank-backed R3 cuts down its Irish office as it undergoes another “strategic shift”

R3’s Dublin office primarily worked on digital currencies and that side of the business has been sold off to the Central Bank of UAE with further “reduction” in the Irish operation coming.

Jonathan Keane
27th Jan, 2026 - 3 min read

Goldman’s Irish vulture vehicles are sold — and rebranded Vanuatu, Tonga and Fiji

Companies used by Goldman Sachs to acquire billions of euro in post-crash distressed Irish debt have changed hands. How much profit did they make, and who is the Dublin firm taking them over?

Thomas Hubert
16th Jan, 2026 - 3 min read

Legislation for the banks’ shared fraud database remains elusive

Banking and Payments Federation Ireland has continued to lobby for the “essential” database but its legislative underpinnings are still on the desks of the Department of Justice.

Jonathan Keane
19th Dec, 2025 - 3 min read

Banks are making their case on policy gaps in adult safeguarding

The main Irish banks and HSE-funded Safeguarding Ireland have lobbied the Department of Health on stronger protections for vulnerable adults from financial abuse.

Jonathan Keane
18th Nov, 2025 - 4 min read

Who is the embattled German bank lending up to 85% of Linked Finance’s new fund?

The €50m fund raise announced by the SME lender this week is backed by a Hamburg credit institution forced to reinvent itself after regulatory investigations.

Thomas Hubert
15th May, 2025 - 5 min read

10 years a vulture – part 3: How Ireland paid Cerberus €1bn, and counting, to deal with its bad debts

Nama and Ulster Bank were the biggest early sellers of non-performing loans to the US vulture fund, along with European banks. With the benefit of hindsight, how do those deals compare?

Thomas Hubert
6th Feb, 2025 - 6 min read

O’Rourke can’t expect as much luck at RTÉ as he’s had at ESB: Rewinding the week that was

The chair of the State-owned broadcaster and energy company is moving from the challenge of justifying enormous profits to that of plugging large losses.

Thomas Hubert
10th Mar, 2024 - 3 min read

Sean Keyes on investing: How much capital for housing, and where from?

To build 50,000 homes per year, enormous amounts of capital will have to be found each and every year. Here are the options.

Sean Keyes
7th Feb, 2024 - 4 min read

A €100m fine for Bank of Ireland over its treatment of tracker customers — but why has it shed €710m in two days?

Yesterday, the Central Bank announced a record €100.5 million fine for Bank of Ireland over its treatment of customers on tracker mortgages. The fine, however, doesn't explain the 9.6 per cent drop in the bank's market value since Wednesday.

Sean Keyes
30th Sep, 2022 - 3 min read
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