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May 21, 2024 @ 8:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bank of Ireland is warning consumers about a new wave of purchase scams which is luring consumers to make payments for goods and services through an advertisement online, which then transpires to be fake. In the last year, there has been “a 32% increase in… Read More

May 6, 2024 @ 10:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The majority (85%) of consumers know what they need to do to be more energy efficient and the same proportion (84%) believe they are making efforts to achieve this, according to EcoSaver research commissioned by Bank of Ireland with Red C. While the vast majority… Read More

April 29, 2024 @ 7:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bank of Ireland is investing more than €4 million in a range of financial literacy initiatives as part of its long-running national Financial Wellbeing campaign. Over 2024 and 2025 this investment, with a particular “focus on youth financial literacy, will help equip people with the… Read More

March 23, 2024 @ 6:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bank of Ireland is warning that ‘money-muling’ – or allowing a bank account to be used to transfer stolen money for a fee – can lead to a criminal record and impact travel or employment prospects. The warning comes as some students “will be planning… Read More

February 1, 2024 @ 8:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bank of Ireland has announced an investment of more than €60 million in a range of branch improvements, including the Bank’s largest single investment in ATMs in the last decade. Starting later this year, a new fleet of ATMs will “be rolled out to all… Read More

January 29, 2024 @ 8:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bank of Ireland credit and debit card data for the first two weeks of January reveals that ‘New Year, New You’ spending in gyms and sports clubs shot upwards “compared to last January.” As noted in the update shared by the Bank of Ireland, many… Read More

December 28, 2023 @ 8:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bank of Ireland credit and debit card data for the first two weeks of December revealed that spending levels rose nationwide compared to the same period in 2022. Cavan shoppers engaged in “the biggest pre-Christmas splurge, with spending in the county rising by 11% during… Read More

December 11, 2022 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bank of Ireland announced 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction targets which have been formally “validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).” The Bank is reportedly the first Irish bank, and one of the first in Europe, “to have its goals validated by the SBTi,… Read More

October 1, 2022 @ 11:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bank of Ireland Group has apologized to customers for “a wide range of failures in relation to the tracker mortgage issue.” This includes “an apology for the failures which led to customer harm and detriment, and for the length of time it took to recognize… Read More

July 6, 2022 @ 7:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar TD, recently visited Ballycoolin in north Dublin in order to establish the 11 remote working hubs that have been launched as part of Bank of Ireland’s hybrid working model. These hubs are being worked… Read More

December 6, 2021 @ 7:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Bank of Ireland has reportedly been fined €24.5 million by the Central Bank for failing over the course of over 10 years to have a proper system in place to allow for the continuity of service to clients in the event of a major… Read More

August 24, 2020 @ 3:56 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bank of Ireland announced on Monday it has launched Google Pay for all customers. According to the banking group, customers are now able to add personal debit, credit cards, and business debit cards to the payment method’s digital wallet. While sharing more details about the… Read More