Are My Savings in Ireland Guaranteed? (Updated Dec 4th 2011 ) A potted history of Irish Banking Guarantees First of all we had the Irish Deposit Guarantee Scheme (DGS), which covered the first €20,000 per person in all the financial institutions that are authorised by the Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority to operate in Ireland. […]
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Postbank
Postbank Closure and Contact Details
As we reported back in February – Postbank is closing down. Postbank Ireland Ltd will cease trading on 31 December 2010. Postbank was set up as a joint venture between An Post and Belgian bank Fortis in early 2007. (In May 2009 French bank BNP Paribas took control of Fortis.) Postbank services are no longer […]
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Postbank Could Be Closing Down
Not long after Halifax announced they were getting out of Ireland – now another retail bank – Postbank are doing the same. Postbank is to be “wound down” before the end of 2010 and they will not be taking on any new customers as of March 1st 2010. Postbank was set up as a joint […]
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