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In 1922, Bank of Ireland was appointed as banker to the Government of Ireland. [10] In 1926, Bank of Ireland took control of the National Land Bank. [6] [11] In 1948, The Bank of Ireland 1783–1946 by F.G. Hall was published jointly by Hodges Figgis (Dublin) and Blackwell's (Oxford). [12] In 1958, the bank took over the Hibernian Bank Limited. [6]
Permanent TSB Group Holdings plc, formerly Irish Life and Permanent plc is a provider of personal financial services in Ireland. Irish Life Assurance plc and the Irish Permanent Building Society merged to form the Irish Life and Permanent Group in 1999 and the merged entity acquired the Trustee Savings Bank in 2001. [2]
Bank of Scotland (Ireland) Danske Bank; First Active; ICS Building Society (previously Irish Civil Service Building Society) – investment shares acquired in 1984 by Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland as well as society savers but ran separately for a period until a legislative change after the 1987 General Election.
The majority of transactions involve the major banks and they in turn tend to enter into contracts with institutions outside Ireland, particularly in the EU. The Irish Stock Exchange also has the facility for exchange traded derivatives. Ireland's proximity to London, shared language and time zone is a benefit to its financial services industry.
CR2 is an Irish-owned banking software company which provides mobile, internet and ATM financial service technology to more than 100 retail banks across Africa, the Middle East and Asia. [1] [2] Headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, [3] [4] the company has offices in Dubai, London, Cairo, Amman, Bengaluru, Lagos, Johannesburg, Singapore and Perth. [5]
Patrick Kennedy is the Governor of the Bank of Ireland. [1] He took over the role on 31 July 2018 after Archie Kane retired. Patrick Kennedy previously served as the deputy governor of the bank since 2015. [2] After school in Gonzaga College, he graduated from University College Dublin, [3] and qualified as a Chartered Accountant.
The Central Bank of Ireland was founded on 1 February 1943, and since 1 January 1972 has been the banker of the Government of Ireland in accordance with the Central Bank Act 1971, [3] which can be seen in legislative terms as completing the long transition from a currency board to a fully functional central bank.
Laser was a debit card scheme in Ireland between 1996 and 2014.. The Laser scheme was maintained and operated by Laser Card Services Ltd., a not for profit [1] body owned by four leading financial institutions in Ireland [2] and overseen since 2008 by the Oversight Unit of the Central Bank. [3]