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Another solid performance for Rabobank!

Submitted by Roel van Veggel | General Manager RaboDirect on Thursday, 26 August 2010 | Category: General

It's great to know that RaboDirect is backed by our very solid parent bank, Rabobank. Mr Piet Moerland, the CEO of Rabobank today talked about some of the key highlights of the interim results for 2010, and it's all good news.

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5 years old and still growing

Submitted by Roel van Veggel | General Manager RaboDirect on Friday, 4 June 2010 | Category: General

At RaboDirect.ie we’re celebrating our 5th Birthday. We’re still relatively young, that’s for sure, but we’re part of a 100 year old very stable and very big global financial group, Rabobank...one of the few Triple A rated banks that has managed to weather the storm of the past two years.

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Rabobank’s Tier 1 Capital Strong at 13.8%!

Submitted by Roel van Veggel | General Manager RaboDirect on Wednesday, 31 March 2010 | Category: General

Although not entirely unexpected, what an eye opener yesterdays announcements by NAMA proved to be. Finally, we now have greater clarity on the true value of loans that will be transferred to the agency and, as a result, a better view on the additional capital required to keep the Irish banks afloat. There’s no doubt that we’re now entering an extremely painful but necessary phase in the overall plan to get the banks in this country back to some degree of normality.

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We’re Open for Business

Submitted by Roel van Veggel | General Manager RaboDirect on Wednesday, 10 February 2010 | Category: General

There’s lots going on. With the big Irish banks fully occupied with NAMA, the smaller ones involved in merger talks, the announcement and immediate implementation of the Halifax withdrawal and the news that Northern Rock may possibly lift their 100% UK state guarantee, it has certainly been an eventful start to the year.

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Alternative gifts for kids and grownups

Submitted by Jill Kerby | The Sunday Times on Monday, 7 December 2009 | Category: General

It is said that Christmas is for children and if you mean by that, the tree, the brightly wrapped toys and parcels, the panto and the general level of excitement, then I suppose it is. But what I don’t ‘get’ about Christmas is the volume of worthless junk that our children receive, much of it laid out for the nation on the annual Late Late Toy Show.

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Rabobank Group announces solid interim results 2009

Submitted by Roel van Veggel | General Manager RaboDirect on Thursday, 27 August 2009 | Category: General

Despite difficult economic conditions, Rabobank Group has achieved solid results for the first six months of 2009, with net profit at EUR 1.3 billion and an improved capital position. Our Tier 1 ratio has improved and stands at 13%.

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Tour de France 2009

Submitted by Roel van Veggel | RaboDirect General Manager on Monday, 6 July 2009 | Category: General

July is traditionally the months for summer holidays and big sport events. We saw the thrilling final of Wimbledon yesterday and in the same weekend the 96th edition of the Tour de France started, this year in Monaco. The Tour de France always gets extra focus of all Rabo staff worldwide (aprox 60.000) because of our own Rabobank Professional cycling team. Irish cyclists have played dominant roles in the past in the Tour with Sean Kelly and Stephen Roche.

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David McWilliams - Q&A

Submitted by David McWilliams | Economist on Monday, 29 June 2009 | Category: General

David McWilliams has been asking difficult questions of some of the most influential and thought provoking characters of recent times, so we thought it would be interesting to turn the tables and invited you to put your questions to him. We were delighted with the response so thank you to everyone who sent in a question. We guessed he wouldn’t be short of a few words and we weren’t disappointed. Here’s what he had to say to your most popular questions.

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Let’s get back to The Truth in banking

Submitted by Roel van Veggel | General Manager RaboDirect on Friday, 13 March 2009 | Category: General

If ever there was a time when people are looking for honesty and truth from their bank, it’s now! We really believe that’s true. At RaboDirect we’ve always been about committing to providing honest and easy to understand products in a sector that has historically been perceived as complicated, confusing and more recently, less than transparent!

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Help us choose our podcast topics

Submitted by Aoife Mahon | RaboDirect on Tuesday, 17 February 2009 | Category: General

For almost two years now we’ve had a host of podcasts available on our website for your listening pleasure from an array of financial columnists and economists. Our lives are hectic, that’s a given. And so the easier it is for you to get access to information about all things money, the better. That’s where podcasting at RaboDirect comes in!