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Jun 26
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 26
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 26
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 26
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 26
Jefferies initiates coverage of cannabis market tech company SpringBig with a buy rating

Jefferies analyst Owen Bennett on Friday launched research coverage of cannabis marketing technology company SpringBig Holdings Inc. SBIG, +3.59% with a buy rating and a price target of $4.50 a share. Bennett said the Boca Raton, Fla.-based company offers “compelling” growth with fiscal 2022-25 sales expected to increase at an annual rate of about 55%, […]

Jun 26
Bally’s launches tender offer to buy back up to nearly 19% of its stock

Shares of Bally’s Corp. BALY, +9.22% jumped 7.4% in premarket trading Friday, after the casino and entertainment company said it has launched a tender offer to repurchase it shares at prices between $19.25 and $22.00. The company had determined that the company should launch a tender offer of $190 million, “in light of recent capital […]