Central Bank of Ireland

23 results about this entity

Period: 07 Feb 2013 - 04 Mar 2024

Securities regulators worldwide to consult on concerns over retail trading markets

The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published a consultation paper on retail market conduct issues in the context of the rapidly changing retail investment landscape across the globe.

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EML shares jump as Irish unit given go-ahead to sign up new customers

Shares in EML Payments soared more than 30% on Thursday after its Irish subsidiary was given the green light by the Central Bank of Ireland to again start signing up new customers and launch new programmes

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Bank of Ireland fined for cyber security failings

Ireland's Central Bank has imposed a €1.66m fine on Bank of Ireland (BoI) for a regulatory breach that saw one of its subsidiaries transfer more than €100,000 to a hacker that had illegally accessed a client's email account.

Central Bank of Ireland to skip deadline for SCA rules

The Central Bank of Ireland has followed the lead of the Bank of England and announced a delay to the roll out of Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) rules.

Irish central bank tunes in to fintech

The Central Bank of Ireland is launching an innovation hub and industry engagement programme to keep step with the evolving fintech and regulatory landscapes.

Ireland to eliminate 1c and 2c coins on 28 October

The Central Bank today announced Wednesday 28 October as the rollout day for Rounding in Ireland.

Ireland to abolish 1c and 5c coins

The Central Bank welcomes the decision by the Government today (16 June 2015) to rollout the rounding of 1c and 2c coins nationally.

Ulster Bank fined EUR3.5 million over IT meltdown

The Central Bank of Ireland has slapped a EUR3.5 million fine on Ulster Bank over IT governance failures that resulted in approximately 600,000 customers being deprived of banking services during a month-long period in 2012.

Irish town ditches small change in rounding trial

More than 240 businesses in the Irish town of Wexford are preparing to ditch one and two cent coins in a rounding trial being run by the country's central bank.

In wake of IT meltdown at Ulster Bank, Ireland toughens up payment system risk assessment

In the wake of last year's IT meltdown at Ulster Bank, Ireland's payments systems will face more regular risk assessments.

Ireland struggles to ditch the cheque

The Irish are writing far fewer cheques than they did ten years ago but the country remains one of the few in Europe where the paper instrument is still widely used, central bank figures show.