Local Public Banking in Ireland
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From: Department of Finance
- Published on: 4 July 2018
- Last updated on: 17 December 2018
The report describes the current Irish banking environment in terms of credit demand trends, the provision of lending to SMEs, the financing needs of SMEs and the banking alternatives available to them, new mortgage and other retail lending, and mortgage interest rates. It then examines the Sparkassen and Kiwibank models of local public banking.