Permanent TSB has entered into an agreement to take over the accounts of Northern Rock Ireland (NRI) Northern Rock Ireland savings accounts are currently about €650 million – representing less than 5pc of Northern Rock’s total retail deposits . The sale to Permanent TSBb is expected to be completed by the end of the year […]
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EBS and PTSB
Irish Life and Permanent (IL&P) were hoping to buy EBS – but last week they lost out to a consortium called Cardinal – who are now the preferred bidder for EBS. Cardinal is an Irish-led consortium, backed by New York-based billionaire investor Wilbur Ross and US private equity group Carlyle. Kevin Murphy, the chief executive […]
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Interest Paying Current Accounts
Feb 2008 In Ireland it hasn’t been that long since all the main Banks charged us for the privelige of looking after out hard earned money. Some of them still do! Last year a trend was started by Halifax of paying fairly good interest rates on current accounts. Halifax are still the highest interest on […]
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