News | Latest Breaking News Stories & Headlines

KBC Bank Ireland added 9,600 new current accounts in the first three months of 2021

New mortgage lending at KBC Bank Ireland up 54% in Q1

KBC Bank Ireland has reported a net profit of €8m after tax and impairments for the first quarter of 2021.

KBC Bank Ireland's chief executive Peter Roebben

Mortgage lending to remain weaker next year - KBC Bank

The mortgage market here will not return to full strength next year even as the wider economy recovers from the impact of Covid-19, according to the chief executive of KBC Bank Ireland.

Business • 12 Nov 20

The Central Bank said KBC had been responsible for 'serious failings' that affected the holders of 3,741 customer accounts between June 2008 and October 2019

KBC Bank Ireland fined €18.3m for tracker failures

The Central Bank has fined KBC Bank Ireland more than €18.3m and reprimanded it over its role in the tracker mortgage controversy following an investigation into its conduct.

Business • 24 Sep 20

KBC Bank Ireland has launched its new digital pension product

KBC Bank Ireland launches new digital pension

KBC Bank Ireland is today rolling out its new digital pension product, marking its entrance into the Irish insurance market.

Business • 21 May 20

KBC Bank Ireland added 9,400 new current accounts in Q1, the strongest first quarter since the launch of the retail bank here

KBC predicts 12% fall in residential property prices

KBC Bank has estimated that residential property prices in Ireland will fall by 12% this year, but a worst-case scenario could see valuations plummet by 20%.

Business • 15 May 20

KBC Bank Ireland's 'care calls' for cocooning customers

KBC Bank Ireland has started a series of "care calls" to over 5,000 cocooning customers who may be negatively impacted by the outbreak of Covid-19.

Business • 17 Apr 20

KBC Bank Ireland's CEO Peter Roebben said rebuilding trust and embedding responsible behaviour within the bank's culture has been a focus of his in his first year as CEO

KBC not ruling out selling bad family-home mortgages

The chief executive of KBC Bank Ireland is not ruling out selling bundles of family-home mortgages that are not being repaid properly, in order to reduce the level of bad debts on the lender's balance sheet.

Business • 13 Feb 20

Ger Deering said he was surprised at some of the conduct of those working in the banks

Banks should apply individual rulings to cohorts - FSPO

The Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (FSPO) has said he would like to see his decisions in individual cases applied by banks and insurance companies to groups of customers with similar complaints.

Business • 06 Feb 20

KBC Bank Ireland has set aside €14m for a potential fine from the Central Bank over the tracker mortgage examination

KBC Bank Ireland's Q3 profits hit by tracker probe

KBC Bank Ireland has reported a net profit of €4.4m - after taxes and impairments - for the three months from July to September.

Business • 14 Nov 19

The bank's overall parent group reported net profit of €1.175 billion which was down 6% on the first half of 2018

KBC Bank reduced impaired loans in H1, 2019

KBC Bank Ireland has reported net profit of €24.9 million after tax and impairments for the first half of 2019, which was well down on the €116 million reported this time last year.

Business • 08 Aug 19

KBC Bank Ireland's new CEO Peter Roebben

KBC Bank Ireland CEO to 'tread carefully' on bad loans

The new boss of KBC Bank Ireland has said he thinks the bank should continue to "tread carefully" when it comes to the issue of non-performing loans (NPLs).

Business • 21 May 19

KBC Bank Ireland's first quarter profit falls to €15m

KBC Bank Ireland has reported net profits of €15m - after tax and impairments - for the first quarter of the year.

Business • 17 May 19

Peter Roebben