The Latest Breaking News from central bank

There are just three bank holidays remaining this year with the next falling on Halloween. However there have been a number of changes to the usual public holiday dates for 2022 and 2023.

Temperatures dropping, the expensive nature of oil, gas and petrol as well as spiking prices in supermarkets mean that we're all trying to cut corners here and there to add a bit of extra cash in our pockets.

Thousands of people are set to be affected by the change

The weather warnings have expired but it's not all good news

'The only real and sustainable solution is a greater delivery of social and affordable housing'

The mortgage measures were introduced in 2015 to safeguard economic and financial stability, and have been changed for the first time in seven years

The U.S. has sanctioned more than 1,000 people and firms connected to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including its Central Bank governor and families of National Security Council members, after President Vladimir Putin signed treaties absorbing occupied regions of Ukraine into Russia, in defiance of international law

The record fine imposed by the Irish Central Bank has actually not been levied on BoI but on its customers

The Central Bank found that the mishandling of tracker mortgages led to the loss of 50 properties, 25 of which were family homes

The investigation also found that the bank had failed to warn customers about the consequences of decisions relating to their mortgages.

SHANGHAI: A central bank digital currency trial focused on cross-border transactions involving China, Thailand, Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates has been completed, as Beijing tries to internationalise its digital yuan.