Bank of Ireland

2022 - 6 - 13

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Bank of Ireland's regular tech crashes leave it on edge of customer ... (The Irish Times)

Luckily for Bank of Ireland (BoI), the latest in a series of flat-out failures of its banking app and website, which happened on Monday, didn't overlap with ...

The bank insists its app has been available outside of “scheduled maintenance” periods for 99.5 per cent of the time over the past 12 months. When the bank recently announced the departure of its outgoing chief executive, Francesca McDonagh, chairman Patrick Kennedy lauded her for turning BoI into a “digitally-enabled, customer-focused” bank. The bank’s app and website was down for all users from midmorning on Monday until late afternoon, preventing bills from being paid and transactions from closing.

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War and inflation top worries for savers (RTE.ie)

Bank of Ireland's Savings and Investment Index dropped to a level of 91 in May - its lowest level since pre-pandemic times - as inflation and the war in ...

"That Irish investors view the environment as more difficult is of little surprise given the host of reasons for continued volatility in the months ahead. Over one in four of under 30s are most worried about the cost of housing and rent. This drops to 21% amongst 16-29 year olds.

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