EBS Limited

EBS Limited is a financial institution in Ireland and was the country's largest building society until 1 July 2011. EBS has more than 400,000 customers and distributes its products through a branch and franchised agency network. It handles direct business by telephone and the Internet. The institution's previous name was Educational Building Society, which reflected the role played by school teachers in its establishment, but "Educational" was later replaced by "EBS", forming a redundant acronym.