bank with longest openning hours in ireland?

sock.rocker*

since i started a 9 to 5, the whole banking system is gettin on my tits.. in america and canada, they're open saturdays and later in the evenin.


are there any banks in ireland open longer?

Plug

sock.rocker* wrote: »

since i started a 9 to 5, the whole banking system is gettin on my tits.. in america and canada, they're open saturdays and later in the evenin.


are there any banks in ireland open longer?

Bank of Ireland 365
Blow that out your american ass:p

sgarvan

Halifax open Saturday mornings.

Aspiration

Halifax got bought over by Lloyds TSB. Don't know what that means but doesn't sound good. I'm also sick of the banks here. It's a load of bollox. You can lodge money into your AIB account from the post office but only in cash.

Fratton Fred

I don't think the LloydsTSB buyout of Halifax Bank of Scotland will affect them adversely tbh, especially in Ireland where they don't clash.

I had a bank call me and ask if I wanted to transfer my account, so I said ok, I'll pop in Satuday mornning. She then said we Don't open Saturdays, but we are open from 9am to 5pm as if that was something to be proud of :eek:

Why is it the banks think they are doing you a favour by letting you bank with them, it pisses me off.

CreepingDeath

sock.rocker* wrote: »

since i started a 9 to 5, the whole banking system is gettin on my tits.. in america and canada, they're open saturdays and later in the evenin.


are there any banks in ireland open longer?

There's also internet banking, if you just want to transfer money around, pay off credit cards etc...

4Xcut

A short whole ago A.I.B. did a trial of opening certain branches on Saturdays. They weren't branches down the country only open for 2 Saturdays either. I don't have the specific details but they got hardly any business apparently.

Think about it, people tend to bank when they are out doing something else, like working. Not only that but there are a whole load of people who go and speak to staff members when they don't need to, what with 24 hour banking, internet banking, etc.

There are an awful lot of people who will not avail of these services becasue "those bankers are trying to diddle them...."(said in voice from the 30s)

Cookie_Monster

Go while in work. Nothing like getting paid to something that needs to be done.

Other than that the branches near colleges tend to be open a lot longer.

BOI opposite UCD for example

Opening times: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday: 8.30am - 6.30 pm
Wednesday: 10.30am - 6.30pm
Friday: 8.30am - 6.00pm

Summer Opening times: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday: 10.00am - 4.00 pm
Wednesday: 10.30am - 4.00pm

Turd Ferguson

Well AIB is closing down so I guess they are going to have the least opening hours

Cookie_Monster

Plug wrote: »

Bank of Ireland 365

+ quick lodge slips and envelopes when you need to lodge stuff and you are sorted

Jet Black

Is the post office not a bank of sorts? They have current accounts.
Granted the thoughts of queuing for half an hour would kill me.
Online FTW.

If you want to lodge money just stick it on your scanner. Thats how it works..:rolleyes:

Oh and seems as we are in AH, Yore mas open longer than 9-5

Ian Beale

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

Well AIB is closing down so I guess they are going to have the least opening hours

Who said that to you?Bank of Ireland? :P

MysticalSoul

EBS is open on Saturdays too

Cookie_Monster

Buy a safe, hide it under the bed and keep your money there. 24/7 access:)

Sherifu

All banks are always open.*







*Terms & conditions apply.

stovelid

http://www.dublinpubscene.com/thepubs/thebank.html


Sorry.....

DemocAnarchis

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

Go while in work. Nothing like getting paid to something that needs to be done.

Thats grand if you are working in relative proximity to a bank, I'm working in an industrial estate in the sticks, and with half an hour break there isnt enough time to get to the nearest branch.

Hitchhiker's Guide to...

what would you need to do in a bank that you can't do online and over the phone?

think you can even mail cheques to your bank and they will deposit them for you

gogo

Roundtower2 wrote: »

what would you need to do in a bank that you can't do online and over the phone?

think you can even mail cheques to your bank and they will deposit them for you

You can indeed, put it in an envelope and drop it into the letter box.

anyway. www.365online.com
express lodgement
1850 365 365.
ATF - authority to tansfer via fax/phone, ring your branch or send a fax.(think this has been recently disconinued tho for new customers, but will check it out)

No real need to go into any bank anymore.

javaboy

I absolutely hate banking hours here. EBS must be the absolute worst though.

You have to sneak up on the EBS. If it thinks you're actually looking to come in, they'll shut up shop immediately.

Joeface

Well when TSB was TSB , It use to say open untill 7pm on a thursday , that was feckin great , reason I jointed and then Permanent Came along and thats the one thing they took away. Still they open thru lunch and actually do stay open till 5 so better than most.

tolosenc

sock.rocker* wrote: »

in america and canada, they're open saturdays and later in the evenin.

Banks there, well in Canada anyway, are far more expensive...

Fratton Fred

What about collecting cards? BoI made me go to the Dun Laoghaire branch to pick up my new laser card for some reason. What about opening accounts, what about applying for a mortgage, what about seeing a financial advisor.

There are loads of things you can't do online.

How about Banks open on a Saturday morning and meet the needs of their customers like they do in the UK.

John Mason

when i moved to ulster bank, they sent a courier to my work place with documents for me to sign and they also sent a courier over with my new laser card.

Fratton Fred

irishbird wrote: »

when i moved to ulster bank, they sent a courier to my work place with documents for me to sign and they also sent a courier over with my new laser card.

now that's more like it.

krpc

There's also Permanent TSB. I don't really consider them to be a real bank, mind.

They operate a service called Open 24.

http://www.open24.ie

Cookie_Monster

Fratton Fred wrote: »

What about collecting cards? BoI made me go to the Dun Laoghaire branch to pick up my new laser card for some reason. What about opening accounts, what about applying for a mortgage, what about seeing a financial advisor.

They should post the cards to you, and the pin seperatly. That how i've gotten all my cards.

Fratton Fred wrote: »

There are loads of things you can't do online.

Lodging money is the only main one, paying bills, transfering money etc all online. There really isin't much else for most people. ForEx the odd time...

sock.rocker*

well i want it for changing account status, gettin rid of overdraft facility, getting new credit card, applying for personal loan and thats between 2 banks.. i'm too far away to go at lunch and i can get off work to do stuff lik that too often.

someone said ebs on a saturday?

squiggles

A good few of the EBS offices open on a saturday morning but not all, so check on their website the office closest to you that opens Saturday morning.. Some even open late on a Thursday evening, til 6 or 7pm

Apart from that its Halifax that do 9 to 12 Saturday morning or online banking...

sock.rocker*

i'll consider halifax i guess.. anyone here with rabobank? AAA rating. very good bank supposedly

Wertz

Rabo are grand for saving with and some current account stuff but no ATM access to your money in Ireland with them...it's the one thing I fault them for, since they have ATMs on the continent...oh and they have no branch facilities here either, which is what you're after...

sock.rocker*

Wertz wrote: »

Rabo are grand for saving with and some current account stuff but no ATM access to your money in Ireland with them...it's the one thing I fault them for, since they have ATMs on the continent...oh and they have no branch facilities here either, which is what you're after...

fek that so.. i'll look into halifax. unless someone wants to be my bitch and run to bank for me occasionally?

JJ

Rabo's meant to be a purely online savings account. Anytime you want to transfer money out, you can sign in and transfer it to your current account at a different bank. As far as savings accounts go, they're a lot more flexible then most other banks in terms of how much you can lodge and withdrawal. I've had a savings account with them for about 2-3 years and it's worked great. You can sign in at anytime and see how much interest you've racked up.

But getting back on topic, opening hours for banks aren't great here but with online banking you hardly ever need to darken the door of a bank. However, on the odd occassion I might need to go to a bank to lodge a cheque and I can visit a local branch during work but I know what it's like to work in the middle of nowhere with no banks around.

dotsman

sock.rocker* wrote: »

well i want it for changing account status, gettin rid of overdraft facility, getting new credit card, applying for personal loan and thats between 2 banks.. i'm too far away to go at lunch and i can get off work to do stuff lik that too often.

someone said ebs on a saturday?

I've done all three things with AIB in the past year. Changing account status and applying for overdraft over the phone. Credit card online.

I imagine most banks offer the same.


The only time the regular joe actually needs to call into a branch these days is when they want to speak to someone about something (Financial advise, getting a mortgage, complex loan etc.)

Peteee

Fratton Fred wrote: »

what about applying for a mortgage, what about seeing a financial advisor.

There are loads of things you can't do online.

Ah yes, something sorely missing from online banking systems, the ol get a mortgage button! :pac:

sock.rocker*

dotsman wrote: »

I've done all three things with AIB in the past year. Changing account status and applying for overdraft over the phone. Credit card online.

I imagine most banks offer the same.


The only time the regular joe actually needs to call into a branch these days is when they want to speak to someone about something (Financial advise, getting a mortgage, complex loan etc.)

my account status change involved me showin them my contract of employment but i see ur point..

im only asking for a different bank cause i'd rather do this stuff in person.

supernutrino

Plug wrote: »

Bank of Ireland 365
Blow that out your american ass:p

Well done smartass, but 365 can take days to do things that will be done instantly in branch.

Degsy

supernutrino wrote: »

Well done smartass, but 365 can take days to do things that will be done instantly in branch.

And you took 3 years to reply to that thread!

MungBean

Degsy wrote: »

And you took 3 years to reply to that thread!

And yet he'll claim he's faster than light ?

biko

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