Day: June 27, 2022

Jun 27
Career Possibility: Senior Administrative Support Officer

Your career at FCNB is enriched with daily opportunities to learn, innovate, and grow professionally in a supportive, stimulating, and flexible workplace. We offer a competitive total compensation package and exciting opportunities for professional development. We support our employees in maintaining their professional designations and provide technical updates on a continual basis for many of […]

Jun 27
Canadian securities regulators release 2022-2025 Business Plan focused on investor protection in an innovative financial marketplace

Montreal – The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today released the 2022-2025 CSA Business Plan, which outlines the priorities of its members over the next three years. The plan coincides with the appointment of Stan Magidson, Chair and CEO of the Alberta Securities Commission (ASC), as the new Chair of the CSA for a three-year term, […]

Jun 27
Monetary policy and financial stability

A key part of the Central Bank’s role is the maintenance of monetary and financial stability. Our work on the first of these is primarily done through monetary policy set for the euro area by the ECB’s Governing Council.  And here in Ireland we set out our views on the key risks to financial stability […]

Jun 27
Individual accountability – a maturing of financial regulation – Speech by Gerry Cross, Director of Financial Regulation: Policy and Risk, at Arthur Cox Client Seminar

  Speech to Arthur Cox Client Seminar, 23 June 2022 Good afternoon. It is a pleasure to be here. Many thanks to Arthur Cox for inviting me to speak with you today. The focus of my remarks is the new Individual and Senior Executive Accountability framework which will come into effect next year1.  I will […]

Jun 27
Allied Irish Banks p.l.c. reprimanded and fined €83,300,000 by the Central Bank of Ireland for regulatory breaches affecting tracker mortgage customers

On 22 June 2022, the Central Bank of Ireland (the “Central Bank”) reprimanded and fined Allied Irish Banks p.l.c. (“AIB” or the “Firm”) €83,300,000 pursuant to its Administrative Sanctions Procedure (“ASP”) for a series of significant and long-running failings in the treatment of its tracker mortgage customers holding 10,015 mortgage accounts between August 2004 and […]

Jun 27
EBS d.a.c. reprimanded and fined €13,400,000 by the Central Bank of Ireland for regulatory breaches affecting tracker mortgage customers

On 22 June 2022, the Central Bank of Ireland (the “Central Bank”) reprimanded and fined EBS d.a.c. trading as EBS (“EBS” or the “Firm”) €13,400,000, pursuant to its Administrative Sanctions Procedure (“ASP”) for a series of significant and long-running failings in the treatment of its tracker mortgage customers, holding 2,830 mortgage accounts, between August 2004 […]

Jun 27
Second Employers’ Liability, Public Liability and Commercial Property Insurance Report of the NCID published

Report provides key statistics on employers’ liability, public liability, and commercial property insurance in Ireland; including data on claims costs and settlement channels. On average, employers’ liability and public liability claims settled through litigation cost more and take longer to settle than claims settled directly or via the PIAB. Insurers’ income and expenditure on Employers’ […]

Jun 27
Central Bank contacts business groups regarding Financial Sanctions obligations

The adoption of sanctions places legally binding obligations on all individuals and entities The Central Bank is sharing information with business representatives regarding individual and firm-level obligations Sanctions breaches must be reported to An Garda Siochana Against the backdrop of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the introduction of EU Regulations relating to financial sanctions, the […]

Jun 27
Central Bank calls on firms to prevent IBAN discrimination

IBAN discrimination is an issue across Europe as more firms offer financial services cross border The Central Bank has contacted regulated firms and business representative bodies in Ireland to reinforce all organisations’ responsibilities under SEPA Supporting consumer choice to choose a provider with a non-Irish IBAN is important as Ulster Bank and KBC exit the […]

Jun 27
The FCA visits the Wikifin Lab

A delegation of the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), lead by CEO Nikhil Rathi, visited the Wikifin Lab. This is the FSMA’s interactive and digital centre for financial education, where students get to experiment with different financial situations drawn from daily life. The FSMA’s chairman Jean-Paul Servais welcomed the visitors in the Wikifin Lab. Source: […]