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- Bank of Ireland Group plc Bank of Ireland Group plc provides retail and commercial banking, wealth management, and insurance services primarily in Ireland and the United Kingdom. The group offers current and savings accounts, demand and notice deposits, business accounts, personal and business loans including car, home improvement, graduate, and student loans, mortgages, overdrafts, term loans, leasing, instalment credit, international asset financing, debt financing, foreign exchange facilities, interest and exchange rate hedging instruments, executor and trustee services; treasury and risk management services, trade finance, escrow, corporate lending, commercial real estate financing, acquisition finance, and foreign direct investment support; life assurance, protection, investment and pension products through New Ireland Assurance Company (NIAC), wealth management and capital markets services through Davy, general insurance brokerage for home, car, and travel cover via Bank of Ireland Insurance Services, and asset finance including Northridge Finance and Marshall Leasing brands. Operations span the Republic of Ireland with approximately 170 branches, Northern Ireland with 13 branches and note issuance privileges, Great Britain through mortgage, Post Office financial services and FX joint venture, and international activities in Europe and the US via offices including a New York hub; founded in 1783 and headquartered at Baggot Plaza, 27-33 Upper Baggot Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Recent developments include the completion of the Davy acquisition in 2022 to bolster wealth and capital markets capabilities, establishment of a dedicated Wealth and Insurance division in July 2024 under Gavin Kelly, launch of multiple Enviroflex sustainability-linked loan partnerships with dairy co-ops such as Arrabawn, North Cork Creameries, Dairygold, and others in 2024-2025 to support agricultural sustainability, a €750 million green bond issuance in November 2025 for sustainable finance, €60 million investment in branch and ATM upgrades including 650 new ATMs in 2025, €7 million branch upgrade programme across 22 locations, extension of the NYC Hub lease to 2033, and a €590 million share buyback programme commencing in February 2025.