Charges on Current Bank Accounts in Ireland

The majority of the banks in Ireland have some sort of transaction fees or admin charges on current bank accounts. The options for current bank accounts in Ireland are smaller in 2024 since Ulster Bank and KBC have withdrawn from the Irish market. Some new online-only banks such as N26, Bunq and Revolut are competing […]
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Visa Debit Cards Replaced Laser in Ireland

All the Irish banks have replaced  the old Laser cards with Visa Debit cards.  Halifax  were first to change over to Visa Debit (they have since pulled out of Ireland ). Then in 2009 Ulster Bank began issuing Visa Debit cards and PTSB soon followed in 2010 . Bank of Ireland joined the switch to […]
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What’s Happening with the Bank Guarantee?

Next week (28th March ) the   Eligible Liabilities Guarantee is ending – this is the one that covers most deposits over €100,000. We wrote about the possible ending of this guarantee back in Nov 2012 The Dept of Finance said that the ELG will end  for  all new liabilities (deposits) from midnight on the […]
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Payment Protection Insurance Investigation – the Latest

Back in July 2012 the Central Bank  announced that 7 firms in Ireland were being told to review all their PPI sales since 2007. It did not name the firms at the time. Today the Central Bank of Ireland has named 6 of the 7 involved in the review of possible mis-selling : They are   […]
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