Most banks in Ireland have special Student Bank Accounts – and they sometimes offer cashback or other incentives to entice new students to open an account with them. The Banks are hoping that once they get a new student to sign up – that they will stay with them for life. These are some of […]
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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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Since April 19th 2019 – Ulster Bank have changed the way they apply admin fees and also began charging transaction fees on many accounts. Ulster Bank will now charge most customers €2 a month admin fee. (see below for exceptions). This €2 fee cannot be avoided by keeping your account balance above a certain amount. […]
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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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Switching your Mortgage Lender – is it worth it? If your current mortgage rate is over 3.4% we say it is worth switching if you can. Below – we show some comparisons that show a switch to a mortgage interest rate that is just 0.7% lower on a €240k mortgage can result in savings of […]
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Banks Christmas 2018 Opening Hours in Ireland For those of you who might need to get to a bank or Post Office in Ireland around Christmas 2018 and New Year 2019 – here are details of when the banks are closed over the Christmas 2018 period . (This applies to AIB , Bank of Ireland […]
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In 2014 in Ireland there was a review of Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) – which resulted in thousands of people getting premium refunds because they were mis-sold the policies. In 2015 we had another uncovering of further insurance misselling in Ireland – this time is was Card Protection Policies (CPP). It is estimated that […]
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