Thousands of people have family, work or property interests in both Ireland and the UK.Many hundreds of people have a home in Ireland but work in Northern Ireland or other parts of the UK. Those people will be dealing with payments in both Sterling and Euros on a regular basis. This article looks at opening […]
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UK Banks
Should Banks be asking for PPS Numbers ?
When you open a bank account in Ireland you are routinely asked to provide a PPS number – but do you have to provide one? The PPSN is the number used to identify taxpayers in Ireland . (Full name is the Personal Public Service Number ),This number is issued by the Department of Social Protection […]
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UK Post Office Savings and Bank of Ireland
When the Irish banking crisis began – many of the 500,000 people in the UK with savings in the UK Post Office were probably getting worried about the safety of their deposits. This is because the savings accounts offered by the Post Office in the UK are operated by The Bank of Ireland . At […]
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AIB International Closing Down by End of 2012
AIB announced in the spring that as part of it’s restructuring and cost cutting exercise it was closing down it’s offshore operations – AIB International. The original target date for winding up of operations was the end of December 2013 – but things have moved faster than planned and by the end of this year, […]
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Northern Rock Ireland to be Sold to PTSB
Permanent TSB has entered into an agreement to take over the accounts of Northern Rock Ireland (NRI) Northern Rock Ireland savings accounts are currently about €650 million – representing less than 5pc of Northern Rock’s total retail deposits . The sale to Permanent TSBb is expected to be completed by the end of the year […]
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