List of banks in the Republic of Ireland

A list of banks in the Republic of Ireland:

Commercial banks

• Allied Irish Banks
• Bank of Ireland
• Bank of Montreal Ireland
• Barclays Bank Ireland
• Citibank Europe
• Dell Bank International
• DePfa Bank
• DZ Bank Ireland
• EBS
• Elavon Financial Services
• Hewlett-Packard International Bank
• Intesa Sanpaolo Bank Ireland
• JP Morgan Bank (Ireland)
• KBC Bank Ireland
• Merrill Lynch International Bank
• permanent tsb
• Scotiabank (Ireland)
• Ulster Bank Ireland
• UniCredit Bank Ireland
• Wells Fargo Bank International

Defunct banks

• ACC Bank
• Anglo Irish Bank – in July 2011, merged with the Irish Nationwide Building Society, forming a new company named the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, itself dissolved in February 2013 under special liquidation following its recapitalisation and directive of Minister for Finance under powers from Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Act 2010.
• 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 Bank of Ireland aswell as society savers but ran separately for a period under undertaking given until legislative change 1987 following change of government parties. ICS Building Society then integrated into Bank of Ireland management including board appointees albeit separate brand and broker network retained, existing loans etc retaining ICS branding. ICS Building Society needed bailout from 2008 onwards due to (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-2008_Irish_economic_downturn). Brand, broker network and and a performing book of mortgage loans with a value in the region of €223m was sold by Bank of Ireland in 2014 to Dilosk DAC due to European Commission competition in the Irish mortgage market requirements placed on Bank of Ireland in return for its injection of funding from the Irish state during the financial crisis (https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2014/0901/640755-ics-building-dilosk/) The sale went ahead unusually without apparent approval required of society savers and the building society in tandem was wound up in time for the sale and transfer of its some of its loan book etc. (http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/ics-building-society-savers-have-been-shortchanged-30531376.html). Trades now as ICS Mortgages (http://www.icsmortgages.ie/about)
• Irish Nationwide Building Society – part of IBRC, itself dissolved in February 2013 under special liquidation following its recapitalisation and directive of Minister for Finance under powers from Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Act 2010.
• Postbank Ireland

Building societies

None as of 2 December 2016

List of credit institutions authorized to carry on banking business in the State under Irish Legislation.

Complete list as of 2 December 2016, information based on the official Credit Institutions Register on the Central Bank of Ireland homepage.

In addition to these there are many European credit institutions authorised in another Member State of the European Economic Area (EEA) and operating in the State either on a branch or a cross-border basis.