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EU Commission proposes stricter rules for bad loans

The European Commission has proposed new measures to force banks to set aside more money against new loans turning bad and to favour offloading their existing stocks of bad debt.
Business • 14 Mar 18

Permanent TSB says no choice on vulture loan sales

Permanent TSB has reported a profit of €40m for 2017, the bank's first profit since the financial crisis, but said it had no choice on the sale of some of its non-performing loans.
Business • 14 Mar 18

Central Bank does not favour any one NPL solution

The Central Bank Governor has said the tracker mortgage scandal has had a negative impact on public trust and confidence in the banks, which were already fragile in the aftermath of the economic crisis.
Business • 09 Mar 18

Bank of Ireland restores dividend, profits flat on 2016

Bank of Ireland is to resume dividend payments for the first time since the financial crisis and said it would not be selling off any of its non-performing loans.
Business • 26 Feb 18

Ulster Bank to sell up to 7,000 loans in arrears

Ulster Bank has confirmed that it is preparing for a potential sale of some mortgages that are in arrears and was setting aside €68m.
Business • 23 Feb 18

Banks' bad loan woes ease but need capital buffer hikes

European Union banks' holding of bad loans is decreasing but remains high, the European Commission said today as it prepares measures to force higher provisioning for future soured debt.
Business • 18 Jan 18

Irish & Spanish banks coping well with bad loans - S&P

Irish and Spanish banks are managing to reduce their stocks of non-performing loans (NPLs) at a quicker rate than their counterparts in Italy and Portugal, a new survey shows.
Business • 05 Apr 17

EU finance ministers to ponder Europe's bad-loans

European Union finance ministers will try on Friday to find a way to deal with bad loans at European banks that drain their profits and capital and obstruct their financing of the economy.
Business • 05 Apr 17

Permanent TSB reports after-tax loss of €266m for 2016

Permanent TSB has reported an after-tax loss of €266m for 2016 after €414m of exceptional items - relating to deleveraging and restructuring - are taken into account.
Business • 08 Mar 17

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