Most of the banks in Ireland now have some sort of transaction fees or admin charges on current accounts.We have compared current bank account charges in Ireland to find out how much average customers could be paying each year. In 2019 , some Credit Unions began offering current accounts – but they also have admin […]
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Starting a savings account for a child is a good way of getting them in the habit of putting money aside for the future. Every year at First Communion time thousands of Catholic children get given cash gifts. A recent survey found that the average amount was €463. This can be a good time to […]
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There was a delay in some bank payments being processed for Irish banks this morning (Oct 2nd). The issue is apparently affecting all the banks. The Banking and Payments Federation issued a ststement on behalf of it’s member banks – which said ” due to an overnight issue in the European payments infrastructure, some customers […]
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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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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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