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Bank of Ireland to replace 40 northern ATMs in £3m investment

Cabinet approved the general scheme of the Access to Cash Bill which is designed to ensure continued availability of cash and ATMs in the State
Bank of Ireland will spend £3 million replacing 40 ATMs around the north over the next three years. (Brian Lawless/PA)

Bank of Ireland is to replace 40 of its northern ATMs in a £3 million investment over the next three years.

The Irish lender said the new machines will offer “greater cash processing capacity” and will cut energy consumption by more than half.

Customers will also be able to use the new machines to make lodgements.

Bank of Ireland recently completed a £7m refurbishment programme across its 13 remaining branches in Northern Ireland.

The lender closed 15 branches across the north during 2021.



Gail Goldie, chief executive of Bank of Ireland UK, said: “We are continually investing in our services, to make them better for customers and so that we can support their financial wellbeing.

“In recent years we’ve been making purposeful investment in our branches, contact centres, and technology to ensure our customers have access to the reliable, useful and trusted banking services they need.

“This investment will allow us to deliver state-of-the-art ATM services to customers in Northern Ireland for the years ahead.

“I’m also really pleased that this latest investment will cut ATM energy use by more than half.

“We have ambitious targets to help customers go green, and to green our own business. These new ATMs will really help us on that journey.”