Banks in Ireland


Bank of Ireland	Allied Irish Banks	Irish Life & Permanent	National Irish Bank	Ulster Bank Ireland

ACC Bank (trading as ACCBank) – A commercial bank that focuses on agriculture and SME lending. In 2002, it was sold by the Irish Government to Rabobank, a AAA rated bank.
Allied Irish Banks (AIB) – One of the Big Four commercial banks in Ireland. In 2010, the Irish government took a majority stake in the bank. AIB also operates in the UK and the United States.
Anglo Irish Bank – In July 2011, Anglo Irish Bank merged with the Irish Nationwide Building Society and the new entity was named the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (trading as IBRC).
Bank of Ireland – One of the Big Four commercial banks in Ireland, established by Royal Charter in 1783. In March 2011 during the Irish banking crisis the bank was found to be in need of an external US$7.3 billion bailout. As at 31 December 2011, the Bank of Ireland Group had total assets of US$200.75 billion.
Bank of Montreal Ireland – The Bank started its activities in 1996 and is involved in money market trading, equity and credit derivatives, fund administration services and the management of alternative investment programmes.
Danske Bank in Ireland is a branch of the Danske Bank Group, one of the strongest and best capitalized banking groups in Europe. As of June 30, 2012, the Bank’s total loan book amounted to EUR 8.3 billion.
Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (IBRC) is an asset recovery bank. Irish Bank Resolution Corporation is the new name of Anglo Irish Bank Corporation.
Irish Life & Permanent – A leading provider of personal financial services in the Irish market with strong market positions in life and pensions, fund management and retail banking. The strategic focus of the group is the retail financial services market in Ireland. As of December 31, 2011, the company had EUR 43.196 billion in total assets.
KBC Bank Ireland has been operating in Ireland for over 35 years and has been a member of the KBC group since 1978. It has offices in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Belfast and Galway and employs approximately 450 people.
LGT Bank (Ireland) was formed in 1993 in the International Financial Services Centre in Dublin. It operates as a subsidiary of LGT Group, the largest private banking and asset management group in Europe that is wholly-owned by an entrepreneurial family.
Naspa Dublin – A fully licensed bank. It was founded in 1993 and operates as a subsidiary of Sparkassen- und Giroverband Hessen-Thuringen (SGVHT), As at December 31, 2011, the Bank’s assets amounted to EUR 2.173 billion.
National Irish Bank (NIB) – One of the Big Four commercial banks in Ireland. In November 2012, National Irish Bank closed down the last of its 27 branches around the country and was rebranded as Danske Bank.
Permanent tsb Group (formerly Irish Life & Permanent Group) – Irish retail bank offering current accounts, deposits, mortgages, loans, overdrafts, online and phone banking.
PFPC Bank (formally known as PFPC Trustee & Custodial Services Limited) was founded in 1995 as a separate entity within the PFPC Group. The Bank is responsible for the provision of trustee services to Irish-domiciled funds, depository services to Luxembourg domiciled funds and custodial services to collective investment schemes globally. PFPC is a member of the PNC Financial Services Group, one of the largest diversified financial services companies in the US.
Postbank Ireland – Postbank was founded in 2006 and was a 50/50 venture between An Post and Fortis Bank. The closure of the Postbank was announced in February 2010. Postbank services are no longer available in post offices and all Postbank accounts have been closed.
Ulster Bank – One of the four largest commercial banks in Ireland. The Bank is a subsidiary of National Westminster Bank (NatWest), part of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS). The company serves over 1.9 million customers across North Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. As at December 31, 2011, the Group's total assets amounted to £48.95 billion.
UniCredit Bank Ireland – A subsidiary of UniCredit S.p.A., Italy. The company was incorporated in 1995 and is based in Dublin. The principal business areas are credit and structured finance, treasury activities, issue of certificates of deposit and structured notes. As of June 30, 2012, the Bank had total assets of €22.578 billion, deposits from banks of €15.483 billion and deposits from customers of €1.731 billion.
WestLB Ireland – A subsidiary of WestLB AG, a commercial bank domiciled in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was formerly known as Westdeutsche Landesbank (Ireland).
WGZ-Bank Ireland was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Dublin. It conducts international credit business and offers refinancing to the Volksbanken und Raiffeisenbanken of the regional cooperative financial network. The company operates as a subsidiary of WGZ BANK, Germany and employs 24 people.