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# Banking - Monday 20 February, 2012

From Business ETC Lloyds

Lloyds Bank to strip bankers of £1m in bonuses

Mon, 8:53 AM 840 Views 2 Comments

The bank is to strip several existing and former senior bankers of more than $1 million in bonuses over their roles in mis-selling payment protection insurance.

# Banking - Wednesday 15 February, 2012

A Japanese snow monkey relaxes in a hot spring in Nagano. Daily Fix This post contains videos

Daily Fix: Wednesday

15/02/12 4,810 Views 3 Comments

In today’s Fix: household charge campaign; health service ‘reduction’; and the best way to get onto a crowded bus…

Promissory notes

“The time for burning bondholders is gone”: economists address promissory notes

15/02/12 4,071 Views 18 Comments

Oireachtas Committee for Finance has heard that Ireland should cancel or defer the repayment of promissory notes.

# Banking - Wednesday 1 February, 2012

Former banking chief Fred 'the Shred' Goodwin fred the shred

British banker has his knighthood cancelled

01/02/12 2,154 Views 7 Comments

Knighthoods are rarely revoked but the British government said that Fred Goodwin “had brought the honours system into disrepute”.

# Banking - Tuesday 31 January, 2012

From Business ETC Loans

Loans to households, businesses declined during December

31/01/12 1,171 Views 8 Comments

Despite the dip in lending, households’ deposits with banks rose in December

# Banking - Monday 30 January, 2012

From Business ETC Bankers' Bonuses

Under-fire RBS chief Stephen Hester waives £1m bonus

30/01/12 1,045 Views 10 Comments

Stephen Hester, whose bank is 82 per cent owned by the British taxpayer, gives up his bonus to avoid becoming a ‘pariah’.

# Banking - Saturday 28 January, 2012

From Business ETC A 'fat cat' protesting outside RBS in London at the bonus awarded to Stephen Hester Bankers

Public outcry over banker’s €1 million bonus

28/01/12 3,423 Views 12 Comments

The head of Royal Bank of Scotland is on a salary of £1.2 million (€1.4 million) and last year received a bonus worth around £2 million (€2.38 million).

# Banking - Saturday 14 January, 2012

The house at Ardleigh Park, Mullingar, Co Westmeath quids in

This house could be yours for under €500

14/01/12 25,028 Views 118 Comments

Property owner in Westmeath turns tables by asking people to pay €50 apiece to sumbit bid – the lowest unique bid wins.

# Banking - Tuesday 10 January, 2012

Miners' leader Arthur Scargill, centre, leading trade unionists and miners in a march in 1984 London. Opinion

Column: I don’t have political leanings – but neither, it seems, has Labour

10/01/12 2,144 Views 21 Comments

This week, former trader Nick Leeson explains how he left London believing all UK political parties were the same – and how it looks like Ireland’s Labour party is also losing its Robin Hood status.

# Banking - Monday 26 December, 2011

From Business ETC This is fool's gold - and so is the euro, argues Nick Leeson. Opinion

Column: Nick Leeson’s 4 lessons learned from 2011

26/12/11 5,208 Views 13 Comments

Ireland and a euro break-up, the truth about tribunals, white collar crime and the dangers of ‘pay day’ loans – former trader Nick Leeson rings the closing bell on 2011.

# Banking - Wednesday 21 December, 2011

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IMF calls on EU to support Ireland

21/12/11 2,646 Views 20 Comments

The IMF says Ireland has made “exceptional” efforts to meet its bailout targets – and urged the EU to give more assistance to the country concerning its banking debts.

# Banking - Saturday 17 December, 2011

From Business ETC personal banking

Bank customers may be “discouraged” from switching accounts

17/12/11 4,387 Views 12 Comments

‘Mystery shopper’ exercise carried out for Central Bank finds that communication between consumers and branch staff is “poor”.

# Banking - Tuesday 13 December, 2011

From Business ETC David Cameron in the House of Commons yesterdaydefending his decision to veto a new EU treaty Opinion

Column: Why David Cameron made the right decision…

13/12/11 4,975 Views 38 Comments

Those in the eurozone are facing a ‘lost decade’, writers former trader Nick Leeson – and who would want to hand over more policy-making power to the managers of that crisis?

# Banking - Monday 12 December, 2011

From Business ETC bankwatch

Half of SMEs seeking loans from banks in past three months were turned down

12/12/11 900 Views 12 Comments

Majority of those who answered ISME survey claim the Government is having no positive effect in making banks extend credit to SMEs.

From Business ETC Stressed

20 banks that are praying Europe doesn’t go bust

12/12/11 4,952 Views 9 Comments

AIB and Bank of Ireland are in this list from Business Insider which ranks them the first and seventh most exposed banks in Europe.

# Banking - Saturday 3 December, 2011

A group of demonstrators waits at Tehran airport to welcome the Iranian diplomats expelled from Britain. Iran This post contains images

Expelled Iranian diplomats arrive back in Tehran

03/12/11 981 Views No Comments

Meanwhile, France is to pull its embassy staff home from Tehran in the coming days.

# Banking - Wednesday 30 November, 2011

From Business ETC Refund

AIB’s First Trust refunds £350,000 to customers over fee error

30/11/11 1,048 Views 4 Comments

Thousands of customers are receiving a refund, after the bank mistakenly added certain charges to exempt accounts.

# Banking - Monday 28 November, 2011

From Business ETC Bailout

IMF was in favour of Government burning senior bondholders

28/11/11 7,807 Views 94 Comments

Ajai Chopra, Chief Negotiator with the IMF, reveals that his group would have backed such a move – but the European partners in the bailout would not.

Opinion

Column: New CEO of AIB knows the tale of two islands

28/11/11 4,414 Views 15 Comments

Former trader Nick Leeson writes that David Duffy should be up to the challenge of bringing AIB to heel – after all, Duffy oversaw the takeover of Barings Bank in Singapore, the very bank brought down by Leeson’s actions.

From Business ETC Sean Quinn during a rare interview with RTE in 2009 Sean Quinn

Sean Quinn ordered to repay €1.6 billion

28/11/11 3,861 Views 73 Comments

Businessman Quinn has been ordered by the Commercial Court to repay €1.6 billion to the IBRC, formerly known as Anglo Irish Bank.

# Banking - Tuesday 22 November, 2011

From Business ETC you're hired

AIB announces David Duffy as new CEO

22/11/11 2,312 Views 27 Comments

Duffy will take up the job in December. The bank has said that his remuneration package will be ‘in line with Government guidelines’.

# Banking - Wednesday 16 November, 2011

From Business ETC Bank Guarantee

Noonan confirms plans to extend bank guarantee

16/11/11 3,246 Views 60 Comments

Michael Noonan has accepted the advice of Patrick Honohan and proposes to extend the Eligible Liabilities Guarantee Scheme.

Fail

Oops… Check out Bank of America’s spectacular social media fail

16/11/11 6,321 Views 4 Comments

Messages on a Bank of America Google Plus page questioned the bank’s reputation and made light of rising mortgage rates.

# Banking - Tuesday 15 November, 2011

Micheál Martin Micheál Martin

Martin: ‘We did not play politics with the crisis’

15/11/11 1,296 Views 26 Comments

The Fianna Fáil leader also said that the current government was continuing the policies put in place by the previous administration.

# Banking - Monday 14 November, 2011

From Business ETC Opinion

Column: Whistleblowers in banking are doing the right thing – but not for themselves

14/11/11 1,208 Views 9 Comments

Former trader Nick Leeson finds that those who try to expose problems in the banking sector and would be heroes anywhere else are made pariahs in their world.

Bank of Ireland employees were some of those questioned for the UNITE survey Bankers

Survey finds bank staff have ‘chronic’ lack of confidence in management

14/11/11 487 Views 7 Comments

Less than half of bank employees are happy in their current working environment, according to the survey of Irish banking staff.

Computer-generated impression of what the 'vertical park' on Dublin's north quays would look Your Say This post contains a poll

Poll: Would you like to see Anglo HQ turned into a ‘vertical park’?

14/11/11 5,762 Views 81 Comments

As Nama appears to be interested in one architect’s idea to transform the concrete shell on Dublin’s quays into a public amenity, we ask YOU what you think should happen to the unfinished building.

# Banking - Thursday 10 November, 2011

Demonstrators at Dame Street this week vox pop This post contains videos

WATCH: What’s Occupy Dame Street all about?

10/11/11 1,330 Views 62 Comments

The people camping out at the Central Bank and their supporters explain why they are there…

# Banking - Thursday 3 November, 2011

From Business ETC Your Say This post contains a poll

Poll: Are the ‘Occupy’ protests a good thing?

03/11/11 3,684 Views 80 Comments

The anti-capitalist protests in cities around the world are still going strong – but what do you think of them? Tell us here…

# Banking - Wednesday 2 November, 2011

From Business ETC António Horta-Osorio Sick note

Did you hear about the banker who worked too hard?

02/11/11 1,192 Views 8 Comments

The head of Lloyds Banking Group Plc has had to take leave of absence – reportedly because of stress and fatigue. (And it might be the fault of the Irish economy).

# Banking - Tuesday 1 November, 2011

Traders on Wall Street's New York yesterday.Stock Exchange Opinion

Column: Confused about what will happen to the euro? Everyone is.

01/11/11 2,606 Views 24 Comments

Former trader Nick Leeson speaks to those working at the heart of financial markets and finds that uncertainty and confusion is thwarting a move forward.

McAteer pictured afer his first time being questioned by gardaí in March 2010. Arrest

Former Anglo Irish Bank finance director arrested

01/11/11 2,422 Views 32 Comments

Willie McAteer was arrested this morning during an investigation into alleged financial irregularities at the bank.

# Banking - Friday 28 October, 2011

From Business ETC Money Stats

Lending to Irish households down €183m

28/10/11 165 Views No Comments

Latest figures from the Central Bank show that the level of lending to households dropped by 4 per cent between September 2010 and 2011.

# Banking - Thursday 27 October, 2011

The Greek and EU flags on sale this week in Athens Your Say This post contains a poll

Poll: Do you think Greece has been ‘let off the hook’?

27/10/11 3,514 Views 89 Comments

Greece has had 50 per cent of its debt burden written off in crisis Europe deal brokered early this morning. What are your feelings on this? Tell us here.

# Banking - Sunday 23 October, 2011

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The 9 at 9: Sunday

23/10/11 2,089 Views 16 Comments

Nine things you should know this morning…

# Banking - Friday 21 October, 2011

File photo Consumer

New banking costs comparisons resource launched online

21/10/11 352 Views 6 Comments

The National Consumer Agency has launched the resource, which is available on its website.

# Banking - Friday 7 October, 2011

From Business ETC Downgrade

UK and Portuguese banks downgraded by Moody’s

07/10/11 412 Views 14 Comments

Twelve banks in the UK and nine in Portugal have been downgraded after Moody’s reassessed the financial institutions’ support environment.

# Banking - Friday 30 September, 2011

Occupy Wall Street

What are the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York?

30/09/11 1,184 Views 29 Comments

As demonstrations spread to Boston and San Fransciso, read TheJournal.ie’s guide to the Occupy Wall Street protests.

# Banking - Sunday 25 September, 2011

From Business ETC Economy

Noonan: ‘I hope others can learn from our actions’ on banking crisis

25/09/11 519 Views 23 Comments

The Minister for Finance has told the Institute of International Finance in Washington that Ireland is ahead of schedule in tackling its banking crisis.

From Business ETC AIB

AIB seeks to pay new CEO salary above €500,000 threshold

25/09/11 1,217 Views 72 Comments

Minister for Finance Michael Noonan has confirmed that the bank wants to pay a new CEO above the salary cap introduced by the last government.

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