Permanent TSB, a personal financial services provider, completed the acquisition of 25 branches of Ulster Bank, a retail bank, for $7.3bn. "This is a transformational day for Permanent TSB as we work towards our ambition of being Ireland's best personal and small business bank. We extend a warm welcome to the 56k mortgage customers and our new colleagues who are joining us today and we want to assure them that we will give them a best-in-class mortgage offering and colleague experience, underpinned by a high-quality service and great people," Eamonn Crowley, Permanent TSB CEO.