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Analysts mark down profit expectations for Irish lenders as interest rate dynamics mean lower return on excess savings and more competition

Irish index ends week slightly higher

Bank promises ‘substantive changes’ to procedures after law firm releases critical report into ‘debanking’ scandal

UK-owned bank still has to find a solution for deposits linked to so-called offset mortgages

CRH marked its last day of trading in Dublin with a 1.5 per cent gain

UK bank tells regulator of ‘remediation’ plans to explore Ulster Bank customers’ allegations

Deal follows carve-up of bulk of Ulster Bank’s loan book by AIB and Permanent TSB

Lender is benefitting from takeover of Ulster Bank loans

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Bobby McDonagh: NatWest and Coutts Bank were wrong to make judgments about Farage’s politics. But there was nothing wrong with the judgments they made

Politically exposed persons can be a problem for banks

Aer Lingus owner IAG was the biggest gainer on the FTSE 100 index

Lender sets aside a provision to deal with potential compensation costs following loss of tracker cases

The floundering prime minister can credibly claim to be on the winning side of the affair

Bank chair ‘clearly not in charge’ after board backed chief executive Alison Rose hours before she resigned

Chairman of Ulster Bank parent says CEO may be docked pay but will not lose job despite her admitting to being source of inaccurate story to BBC

Latest consumer price data boosts hopes that the Fed could end rate hikes soon

Consumers here could also be losers in its exit from the Irish market

Payment comes as group hastens its exit from the Republic

Government and UK bank sell two-thirds more of lender than had been expected

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Each side is selling about 3 per cent of PTSB’s stock

Sale will reduce the taxpayer’s stake in the high street bank, which owns Ulster Bank in Ireland from 41.4% to 38.6%

Iseq creeps up with Smurfit jumping 4.7%

UK-owned lender recently began to lay the ground for the gradual repatriation of more than €4 billion of capital to its parent, NatWest

Lender holds 16.6% stake in Permanent TSB

Transfers will require Central Bank approval as bank closes its last 63 branches and is expected to announce further redundancies

Lender lays groundwork to repatriate €4.24bn in capital to UK parent as it closes its remaining branch network on Friday

Customers urged to 'act now' if they have not switched to a new service provider

Lender is in process of withdrawing from market in the Republic

Lender on track to report as much as a €400 million accounting gain

The lender is preparing to close the last of its remaining branches

Sources say 600 departing employees in Republic are expected to benefit from the increase

On low volumes, the Iseq index was flat after outperforming the major European indices on Wednesday.

Taxpayers remain significantly under water on AIB and PTSB bailouts

US stocks looked to snap a losing streak as investors await earnings and inflation data

Banks and building societies offer pricier deals after week of turmoil for UK gilts

Ulster Bank reported an operating loss of €254 million for the first half of this year

Minutes from RBS board meeting show parent dissatisfied with Ulster’s profit returns

Bank’s tracker portfolio stood at €6 billion at the end of March