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Visa or Mastercard in Ireland

Posted on June 11, 2022

In May 2018 there were widespread IT issues with Visa card payments in Ireland and other parts of Europe.In recent years we have also seen major IT problems with Ulster Bank here in Ireland. These outages resulted in thousands of people being unable to make payments or get cash from their accounts for several days. […]
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Minimum Spend on Debit Cards – is it allowed?

Posted on February 7, 2019

It isn’t as common as it used to be – but there are still some retailers in Ireland who apply a minimum spend if you want to pay by card. We have heard of a €5 or even a €10 minimum spend requirement in some shops. It is usually the smaller retailers that apply this […]
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