Overview.

Ulster Bank is a large commercial bank, and one of the traditional Big Four Irish banks. The Ulster Bank Group is subdivided into two separate legal entities, Ulster Bank Limited (UBL – registered in Northern Ireland) and Ulster Bank Ireland Limited (UBIL – registered in the Republic of Ireland). The Group’s headquarters (and UBIL’s) is located in George’s Quay, Dublin in the Republic of Ireland whilst the official headquarters of UBL is in Donegal Square East, Belfast, in Northern Ireland, and it maintains a large sector of the financial services in both the UK and Ireland.

Established in 1836, Ulster Bank was acquired by the Westminster Bank in 1917. As a subsidiary of National Westminster Bank, it became part of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group in 2000. It has 146 branches in the Republic of Ireland and 90 in Northern Ireland. The Group has over 3,000 employees and over 1.9 million clients