So while the court was busy shredding mail, it transpires that not one but three private-sector businesses had customer data leaks: Allied Irish Bank, Quinn Direct, and can-we-please-play-even-if-it's-not-an-actual-leak Bank of Ireland. Well done, guys, we can declare some sort of parity with the UK once more...

Part of the HTML "receipt" my online banking service gives for money transfers:Payments are processed Monday to Friday, excluding Bank Holidays.

My government-aided special savings account matures at the end of March, and to this end I have to submit a declaration that I've not broken any of the rules associated with the scheme. Reading through the paperwork I find I can submit this declaration online; bear in mind this is essentially a tax document of sorts, in that it's a pretty grievous ( Read more... )

Curious as to whether my pensions broker had any online means for me to investigate the state of my pension, I had a look at their website. Sure enough, there was a link to Pensions Online. So I clicked on it. And I got:Site Unavailable

Pensions Schemes Online is available Monday to Friday from 8am until 8pm.
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So the next response I got from the telco was that they'd logged in and it all looked fine. So I logged in, and sure enough it worked, and nothing was changed, right? Otherwise they'd have told me. Of course, it broke 30 seconds later, and refixed itself on a page refresh. Fabulous service. In the meantime, I can't seem to get photos from my phone ( Read more... )

Once more, there's an industrial dispute out to spoil your weekend.

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May as well clear a few more items off the list of whines:Vodafone

• I can have either a paper bill or an electronic bill. If I choose the latter (I do) I get an email AND a text message telling me my new bill is online. I can't switch this off. I've asked, and they've not even understood the question. It's probably not in the three-ring binder.
• The ( Read more... )

An Irish security firm is on strike today, one that's responsible for filling ATMs. The banks have assured the general public that everything will continue to work (for the most part) etc. etc. So I'm not very amused at my bank's online service being out of commission at the moment.