Most of the main banks in Ireland now have some sort of transaction or admin charges on current accounts. The big two banks, AIB and Bank of Ireland made over €1 Billion profit between them in the first 6 months of 2018 – probably helped by fees such as these and also the large amounts […]
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Apple Pay is a method of paying for things using an Apple iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch or Apple Mac. It is a digital wallet – you store your card details on the device then use the device to pay rather than the card itself. In shops, you hold the device over a contactless reader, but […]
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Many more people are now using contactless payments in Ireland. In the first half of 2018, contactless payments grew by about 66% year-on-year in both volume terms and value terms. At the end of 2018, almost 4.6 million debit cards and 1.3 million credit cards in issue in Ireland had contactless payment functionality. On average, […]
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Most of the banks and card providers in Ireland set daily limits on how much can be spent on debit cards. There are also daily ATM cash withdrawal limits on most debit cards. Debit Card Limits on Daily Spending :- EBS: €2,000 ; PTSB: €2,500 ; KBC: €2,500 ; N26: €5000 ; AIB: €7,100 ( […]
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It’s First Communion time again for thousands of children in Ireland . At this time of year – many Catholic children get given cash gifts for their Communion . A recent survey found that the average amount was €463. Hopefully – with the help of parents – they will try and save some or all […]
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Latest : See our Comparison of Bank Charges in Ireland with all the latest account charges compared. Since April 2019 Ulster Bank are now charging €2 a month admin fee – with no waivers. If the account balance falls below €3000 in a month they will also charge transaction fees. More details here PTSB . […]
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Bank of Ireland are still running their offer to refund 2% of the value of a mortgage for all new mortgage customers – including Buy to Let and switchers. This 2% cashback offer applies to all new BOI mortgage customers until the end of June 2019. So – on a €200,000 mortgage – BOI would […]
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