Credit Card Rate Changes in Ireland

Review all the changes to credit card rates in Ireland

Avant Money
Avant Money

Avant Money

Cashback offered on Avant Money's Reward+ and One credit cards increased from €100 to €150

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Bank of Ireland
Bank of Ireland

Bank of Ireland

Typical APR on Bank of Ireland's Aer Credit Card reduced from 26.6% to 22.7%. Monthly fee reduced from €7.99 to €6.50

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An Post Money
An Post Money

An Post Money

New promotional offer available on the An Post Money Flex credit card offering 0% purchase interest for 9 months

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Avant Money
Avant Money

Avant Money

Avant Money now offering €100 cashback with their Reward+ credit card.

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Avant Money
Avant Money

Avant Money

One Card from Avant Money now offering 0% interest on Balance Transfers for 9 months.  Reward+ card now offering €30 Stamp Duty refund and up to 25% interest refund every month.

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An Post Money
An Post Money

An Post Money

New Flex credit card available from An Post Money. The Flex card offers their lowest APR at 15.7% while offering attractive instalment plan repayment options.

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Avant Money
Avant Money

Avant Money

Avant Money has extended their One card 0% introduction rate on Money Transfers from 9 months to 12 months.

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An Post Money
An Post Money

An Post Money

An Post Money credit card now offering 0% balance transfer for 15 months.

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Avantcard
Avantcard

Avantcard

Typical APR on One Card and Reward+ credit cards increased to 22.9%. Annual rate for purchases and balance transfers increased to 16.8%.

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Avantcard
Avantcard

Avantcard

New Rewards+ credit card now available

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Avantcard
Avantcard

Avantcard

APR rate on Avantcard Mastercard reduced from 20.90% to 20.60%

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Avantcard
Avantcard

Avantcard

Annual rate for cash advance reduced from 19.9% to 16.8%

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Avantcard
Avantcard

Avantcard

APR rates on AvantCard Personal loans decreased.

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Avantcard
Avantcard

Avantcard

Avant card offering Balance Transfer at 0% interest for 8 months.

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KBC
KBC

KBC

Fitbit pay now available

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KBC
KBC

KBC

Receive 4% cash reward on grocery and online purchases

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AIB
AIB

AIB

AIB Credit Card rate change: Click APR was 13.6 now 13.8 Be APR was 22.7 now 22.9 Platinum APR was 16.8 now 17.0 Student APR was 20.3 now 20.5

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Ulster Bank
Ulster Bank

Ulster Bank

Ulster Bank Gold Credit Card APR was 22.7% now 19.2%

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Bank of Ireland
Bank of Ireland

Bank of Ireland

Bank of Ireland have extended their 0% introductory offer on balance transfers from six months to seven months for their Classic and Platinum credit cards.

Announced
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KBC
KBC

KBC

KBC have increased their cash reward on grocery and online purchases from 1% to 4% for three months when you take out a credit card between 1st May and 31st July 2015.

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PTSB
PTSB

PTSB

Introduction of 0% interest on purchases for the first 3 months for Permanent TSB ICE Visa Card

Announced
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Danske Bank
Danske Bank

Danske Bank

Rate increase across all card by around 2% - Mastercard Platinum has gone from 14.38% APR to 16.39%, Mastercard Gold has gone from 14.95% APR to 16.97%, Mastercard Standard has gone from 15.81% APR to 17.55%

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Bank of Ireland
Bank of Ireland

Bank of Ireland

Withdrawal of Clear Credit Card from the market with immediate effect.

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Bank of Ireland
Bank of Ireland

Bank of Ireland

Increase in typical APR for Clear, Platinum Advantage and Classic credit cards

Announced
Effective
EBS
EBS

EBS

EBS Member Credit Card no longer available for new signups. EBS Member Credit Card is an affiliate MBNA Platinum Card.

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Latest updates

In the last three months, there have been 1 adjustments to the credit card market.

The most recent rate change was announced by Avant Money on , which we consider to be positive for the consumer. The summary of the change is "Cashback offered on Avant Money's Reward+ and One credit cards increased from €100 to €150"

Market updates

Credit card rates change all the time - in the last year there have been 2 rate adjustments in the irish credit card marketplace.

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