Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 13 November 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Overview of Banking Sector: Ulster Bank

10:25 am

Mr. Jim Brown:

If I may, I will clarify the previous question and then I will respond to the second one. With regard to the review, I should clarify that the Central Bank has seen the review, but I am not sure whether the Central Bank has passed that on.

As regards the interest calculation, I acknowledge that there was an incident where we had not charged the full interest that we should have charged and we have charged customers subsequent to that. As to whether we should have absorbed it, it was interest that was owed to the bank and we have charged for it.