Banking Crisis
Bord Gais Eireann now called Ervia – it’s Official.
As we wrote a few weeks ago - the sale of Bord Gais Energy to Centrica will result in a name change for Bord Gais Eireann. It is now official - and "Ervia" is legally the new name ...
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Government Launch New Bank for Lending to Businesses
A new bank called the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI) has been launched by the Government today (May 22nd) . It is planned that the new company will make over €500 million of new credit available to ...
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Bord Gais Energy Sell Off Confirmed
As was announced back in - December the privatisation of Bord Gais Energy has now been agreed and is expected to be completed before July 2014. British firm Centrica - owners of British Gas - has finally agreed ...
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Danske Bank Pulling the Plug on Ireland
Danske Bank (formerly NIB / National Irish Bank ) have announced they are no longer accepting new personal banking customers . They will not be offering mortgages , loans , current accounts or savings accounts to new customers ...
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Anglo Irish Tapes – No Action To Be Taken
Back in June 2013 some taped phone calls between staff at Anglo Irish Bank were "leaked" by the Irish Independent. See Here The conversations suggest that the Financial Regulator was misled by staff at Anglo Irish This week ...
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Bank of Ireland to Introduce Account Fees for all Customers
Since August 19th there is no way to avoid being charged some account fees if you have a Bank of Ireland current account. Prior to Aug 19th BOI customers could avoid current account fees if they kept at ...
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