Bankers No Longer Embarrassed to Work at AIB, CEO Byrne Says

Allied Irish Banks Plc staff no longer seek to hide the fact they work at the lender, Chief Executive Officer Bernard Byrne said, reiterating that taxpayers are on track to be fully repaid for rescuing it.

After the bank needed a 21 billion euro ($22.8 billion) bailout during the nation’s financial crisis, workers would occasionally ask cabs to ferry them to a cafe close to its headquarters rather than admit to working at the organization, Byrne said.