AIB going cashless around Kerry.

Not clever comparison. You seems to not realize that postal orders or travelers cheques were just a tools to move cash around. Cash is going to stay as it did for millennia. Cashless society is a dream which we may wake up from one day. Stuff like few days long power outage will put and end to this debate.

You're rather missing the point here

Independent operators do not - and can not - charge fees. It's not legal here. Charlie Weston scaremongering doesn't get past that rather major issue.

You are telling people to check their statements when it's clear you have not done so yourself.

The vast, vast bulk of ATMs in Ireland are independent and have been for years, as the three banks with substantial networks sold theirs. Nobody with an Irish account is getting charged extra for using them.

Not slightly but massively out of context. He insisted there were currently extra charges for using non-AIB ATMs in Ireland. A completely different ball game .

I don't pay anything for revolut. I only use it to keep track of monthly discretionary spending amd sending money to people on nights out etc. I've free banking with PTSB.

Revolut was revolutionary when it first came out. FX rates well above your standard amazon rate, free fx cash withdrawals etc.

But in the last few years since its popularity has increased its much less so.

The only thing it does is instant trf but that exists with standard banks as well, you just need to be in the same bank. Which of course is the same limitation revolut has.

My mortgage is not with PTSB.

There's no strings attached to my C/A with PTSB, it's just a standard C/A. A very old one but standard none the less.

It must be great to always be right!

perhaps others disagree with your stance, obviously those who feel being able to access their cash when they need to, are wrong.

seems to me only one with a sense of inflated self is yourself.

Went there about 4 years ago, I never even got to know what Icelandic money looks like.

brought some just encase, never used it, a truly stunning country, cant wait to return

...it really is time for a network of public banks, as this nonsense wont ever stop with our current lot!

RE I can think of dozens of ATMs near me in places like Spar, Centra, filling stations, super markets and other services like lodgment can be done at the post office, whats the big issue?

Use them at your peril, many are used for getting fake notes into the system by organised crime syndicates

As for the dozens, can you list them within walking distance of you?

Many used by organised crime? Conspiracy theory hogwash.

Do you not realise the truth of the "security features" of cash? All those metallic bits that are supposed to be to deter forgery are actually used to track movements of money. Most people know that the metal detectors in airports can tell how much money is brought through them, but in the last 20 years they've become able to associate the cash to people, firstly through facial recognition, but more easily with biometric passports and other RFID devices which we all carry.

Some people are then supposed to learn that most public buildings, using devices concealed in automatic doors, can do the same, along with various devices attached to the exterior of buildings that they don't even bother to hide since we just assume it's something to do with phones or the internet.

Anhone who believes that going cashless will give the world elites information on us that they don't already have is a sheep. They're just sick of the costs of producing and guarding cash. They'll pass that on to us by going cashless.

They probably never intended to do it, but just wanted to drum up some negative publicity to avoid gaining too many customers from Ulster Bank and KBC.

How is paying an ATM fee cheaper than using contactless which doesn't attract any fee?

If I'm not mistaken, none of the Irish banks signed up to this scheme as I know BoI still charge businesses I think €25 for a "rapid" transfer. And they sit wondering why they're losing customers to the fintechs 🙄

Crime syndicates... take the tinfoil hat off ffs.

I live in the countryside about 8km from the nearest town so, no, I cant list any within walking distance👍not sure what that has to do with anything anyway as I'm not going to drive 20km to the nearest aib if I need cash when there is a filling station 5km down the road with an atm...

A quick Google shows about 15 atms within 10km from my house.

How about you list me how many AIBs don't have another ATM within walking distance of them?

I see people's points about the safety deposit boxes, but everything else was making mountains out of molehills. All the other services would have been available via the post office and 3rd party ATMs, not many towns about that have a bank and not a post office.

All this is going to do is push my bank charges up in the medium-long term.

I think this whole AIB going cashless debacle was blown well out of proportion. The way people were reacting to this you'd swear AIB announced they were shutting up shop completely. They are not. TD's and the Taoiseach getting involved is just basically electioneering. Being a champion of the people. Standing up to the banks to win more votes. That couldn't give two f's if all AIB branches went cashless. My local AIB branch was one of the 70 going cashless. The AIB here is open 10am - 4pm most days. The post office which is located less than 100 metres away is in fact open much longer each day and is located next to a large carpark. So in our case AIB customers would benefit by having extra opening hours to do their banking and it would be more accessible. Not to mention that there are at least 7 ATMs in the immediate vicinity. I know that situation doesn't apply everywhere. Some towns and villages would be more affected than others. What AIB should do is go on a case by case basis and focus on converting branches in larger towns where the impact would be less then slowly convert other branches. Much like the 22 branches that are already cashless and were forgotten about pretty quickly. While cash may still account for 30% of transactions, having an AIB branch with full cash services next door to a post office that could easily cater for those customers is crazy in my opinion.