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Marex has hired three directors for cash-equity sales trading, including an Ireland lead, as it builds distribution between European, UK and US markets.
An independent tribunal upheld David Guinane’s appeal against a 2025 Irish Central Bank inquiry decision related to permanent tsb. The regulator will seek High Court confirmation rather than challenge the ruling; the bank’s 2019 settlement remains a separate matter.
A 23 October supervisory speech says the Irish regulator is seeing unrecognised customer complaints, repeat calls and weak root-cause analysis across retail sectors. It expects firms to embed the revised Consumer Protection Code, not create new rules by speech.
The e-money entity admitted safeguarding and outsourcing breaches; the settlement is separate from Coinbase Europe’s 2025 AML case.