AIB cashless branches

AIB is to turn 70 of its 170 branches into cashless outlets as a result of what it has claimed is declining demand for these services.

"We have survey after survey showing trust levels in the banking sector at an incredibly low level. Billpay and foreign exchange services will also be available. The bank said that despite the changes it will continue to have branches in 95% of the locations where Ulster Bank and KBC branches are closing. "The positive impact of this enhanced partnership recognises the needs of local communities and helps underpin the future sustainability of the network as we continue to innovate and re-imagine the role of the post office in communities into the future." The changes to the branches in question will take place in September and October of this year. "As a result, cash, ATM and cheque services will be removed from these branches but customers will continue to have efficient access to cash in their communities."

Some 70 Allied Irish Bank (AIB) branches will no longer offer cash and cheque services at the counter, or through machines inside the bank, from the 30th of ...

"Accessing cash is a fairly basic service provided by any bank and the loss of these services will impact on customers and businesses. This is not as simple with poor public transport in many rural parts - people simply will not get there. However the dramatic withdrawal of cash services is likely to cause significant concerns.

The changes will see cash, ATM and cheque services removed from their 70 nation-wide branches.

Branches set to close will be doing so on September 30 or October 21. At the minute, there are 22 branches nation-wide operating cash-free, focusing on account opening, financial planning, mortgages, loans, savings and investments. No Dublin branches will be closing on the earlier date but five are closing in October.

The bank said cash withdrawals, ATM, and cheque services would cease at the 70 branches, claiming it would free up the branches for the likes of opening new ...

The bank said it has branches in 95% of locations that Ulster Bank and KBC are leaving. The departure of Ulster Bank and KBC has left almost one million customers searching for a new bank. The bank said cash withdrawals, ATM, and cheque services would cease at the 70 branches, claiming it would free up the branches for the likes of opening new accounts, mortgages, loans, and financial planning.

AIB is to turn 70 of its 170 branches into cashless outlets as a result of what it claims is declining demand for these services. Six branches in Donegal ...

The decision to remove traditional services from dozens of AIB branches around the country has sparked significant backlash.

- Carrigaline, Co Cork - Bishopstown, Co Cork ATMs located outside the 70 branches are also set to be removed.

Seven AIB branches in Co. Galway will be made cashless from October 21 with the bank claiming the demand for cash services is declining.

The seven branches in Galway which will go cashless are Ballinasloe, Clifden, Gort, Galway, Oranmore, Salthill, Spiddal and The Lab. Seven AIB branches in Co. Galway will be made cashless from October 21 with the bank claiming the demand for cash services is declining. The bank is expanding its relationship with An Post in a move that will see customers being able to access more cash and cheque services in 920 post offices across the State.

Galway Bay fm newsroom – Local councillors are labelling AIB's decision to make some branches cashless as a “total disregard to rural Ireland”.

And councillor Gerry Finnerty is wondering what is rural Ireland going to lose next: Galway Bay fm newsroom – Local councillors are labelling AIB’s decision to make some branches cashless as a “total disregard to rural Ireland”. “Crazy” – that’s how councillor Pádraig Mac an Iomaire describes it, while Dermot Connolly says it’s a retrograde step.

The decision by AIB to make 70 bank branches cashless has been described as a “devastating blow...

“I of course welcome business to our post offices but not in this way because to be fair, the post offices close at half five in the evening,” he continued. “What I mean by that is that all of our memories haven’t gone too short that we can’t remember the way that we the public bailed out AIB and made sure they were left in a position that their doors were open and their lights were on. “This is a devastating blow, not just to the business community but to everybody because our banks provided a service that we appreciated, we wanted but we also bought into,” he told The Pat Kenny Show.

The thought of a pub with no beer was considered so unlikely that someone once turned it into a song. Not very long ago, the notion of a bank with no cash ...

If there is an ATM outside the branch where services are changing, that will also be removed." This gives the remaining banks enormous supplier power and now they can do what they want. "Covid can no longer be used as an excuse by any business operation to provide insufficient services. This is not good enough," said Deputy Tóibín. Not very long ago, the notion of a bank with no cash would have seemed just as unthinkable. It also pointed out that security costs and other costs associated with handling cash had increased.