{"id":243823,"date":"2026-01-14T08:10:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T08:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/243823\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T08:10:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T08:10:12","slug":"bank-of-ireland-is-installing-hundreds-of-new-atms-in-massive-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/243823\/","title":{"rendered":"Bank of Ireland is installing hundreds of new ATMs in massive upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"

The bank said it would install more than 200 new ATMs this year.<\/p>\n

It said this was part of a plan to renew its entire ATM fleet, improving reliability, accessibility and energy performance across the network.<\/p>\n

The process is not connected to the recent introduction by the Government of access-to-cash rules, the bank said. Those rules aim to protect the role of cash in the State\u2019s financial system.<\/p>\n

The legal change will mean the Finance Minister, in consultation with the Central Bank, will set out the percentage of the population that must be within a specified distance of not less than 5km and not more than 10km of an ATM and cash-service point in each of the State\u2019s eight regions.<\/p>\n

The minister must also set the minimum number of ATMs per 100,000 people in each region.<\/p>\n

Bank of Ireland said its programme of works had already delivered 168 new machines in 46 branches from Donegal to Wexford.<\/p>\n

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Bank of Ireland is carrying out a massive upgrade of its ATMs infrastructure on the island of Ireland as part of a \u20ac60m investment.<\/p>\n

Today’s News in 90 – Tuesday January 13 <\/p>\n

In total, approximately 650 new devices will be deployed to Bank of Ireland branches on the island of Ireland as part of a \u20ac60m investment.<\/p>\n

According to the bank, the new fleet has greater cash processing capacity and will slash energy use by more than half.<\/p>\n

The ATMs can be used for both withdrawals and lodgments and the majority will \u201crecycle\u201d cash \u2013 meaning that the same notes deposited can be used for withdrawals.<\/p>\n

To improve accessibility for customers with visual impairment, the new ATMs feature high-contrast screens and an earphone socket that enables audio guidance throughout the transaction, the bank said.<\/p>\n

Director of distribution channels at Bank of Ireland Alan Durcan said: \u201cThis is our largest single investment in ATMs in more than a decade and will ensure customers in every county benefit from the most modern and efficient machines.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe new ATMs support our sustainability ambitions through lower energy use, while also delivering better reliability and improved accessibility for day\u2011to\u2011day banking.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Durcan said the renewal of the bank\u2019s entire ATM fleet was progressing well, and by year-end the bank would have completed the next phase, with more than 200 additional ATMs replaced by the latest machines.<\/p>\n

Bank of Ireland has 182 branches across the island of Ireland \u2013 169 in the Republic of Ireland and 13 in Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n

All branches were included in the ATM replacement programme, it said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The bank said it would install more than 200 new ATMs this year. It said this was part…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":243824,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[7863,72,3361,61,60,3362],"class_list":["post-243823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-bank-of-ireland","tag-business","tag-charlie-weston","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-money-experts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}