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AIB prioritises financial literacy with skills programme for 12-18-year-olds

In an effort to support 500,000 customers with their financial literacy, communication, critical thinking, and digital innovation by 2023, AIB has launched a skills programme for 12-18-year-olds called Future Sparks.

06 September 2021

Company announcement/sustainable

AIB hones in on ESG with social bond framework

AIB has launched a Social Bond Framework paving the way for the bank to issue a Social Bond in the near future to further support communities across Ireland. The move comes at a time when Euro issuance of bonds for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) purposes looks set to exceed €350bn this year*.

23 August 2021

Company announcement/payments

AIB Merchant Services launches data insights tool to support businesses emerging from lockdown

AIB Merchant Services, Ireland’s largest payment solutions company, has launched ‘Main Street Insights’, an online tool that will enable small and medium sized businesses to access key insights and analytics.

24 June 2021

News/security

80% of Irish targeted by fraudsters

Four in five people in Ireland say they have received a text, call or email in the last year that they believe was from fraudsters, according to an AIB survey.

22 February 2021

Company announcement/sustainable

AIB pledges €1.25m to fund Chair of Sustainable Business in Ireland at University College Cork

AIB has announced a partnership with University College Cork (UCC) which will see the bank fund The AIB Chair of Sustainable Business, the first of its kind in Ireland.

08 February 2021

Company announcement/payments

Allied Irish Banks signs with Planixs for liquidity management

As one of the largest banks in Ireland, AIB monitors and funds numerous accounts in all the major global currencies on a daily basis, equating to a significant amount of transactions.

13 January 2021

News/payments

Irish banks club together on real-time payments app

Four of ireland's largest banks are joining forces to create a multi-bank payments app, according to the Irish Times.

13 January 2021

News/people

AIB to cut 1500 jobs

Allied Irish Bank plans to cut 1500 jobs by 2023 in an effort to cut costs by £1.35 billion and reshape its business to reflect the digital shift seen since the outbreak of the Covid crisis.

02 December 2020

Company announcement/cloud

AIB migrates receivable finance operations to LendScape platform

HPD LendScape, a leading international secured lending platform vendor, today announces that key client Allied Irish Bank (AIB) has completed a major technology initiative with the migration of its receivables finance operations to HPD LendScape’s fully cloud-hosted platform.

16 November 2020

Company announcement/wholesale

Three new UK lenders accredited to Coronavirus large business interruption loan scheme

Today the British Business Bank has announced that it has approved Allied Irish Bank (GB)/AIB (NI)[2], Investec Bank plc and Mercedes-Benz Financial Services UK Limited for accreditation under the Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS).

05 August 2020

Company announcement/payments

AIB data shows spike in instore mobile payments

AIB has revealed how Covid-19 is impacting the behaviour of Irish consumers as they shift more towards using contactless to pay for goods and service.

28 April 2020

Company announcement/covid-19

AIB pledges €2.4 million to dedicated Covid-19 Research Hub at Trinity College Dublin

Trinity College Dublin and AIB have today announced a collaboration to establish a research hub at the University to urgently accelerate the college’s immunology project tackling the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by SARS-coronoavirus-2.

09 April 2020