Irish bank adds voluntary gambling block to bank accounts

The voluntary block on gambling transactions has been made available to all 3.3 million AIB customer accounts and bank app users.

AIB, which operates as the Republic of Ireland’s largest retail bank, stated that the new controls would support vulnerable customers from harm and prevent families from facing financial risk.

This update sees AIB follow Ulster Bank, becoming the second Irish bank to impose a direct block on gambling transactions.

The block has been further applied to the financial services of EBS Ireland, the insurance and lending subsidiary of AIB.

The AIB gambling block feature is optional and can only be activated at the request of the customer. The block will be deployed across all customer accounts, including business services.

AIB customers requesting the gambling block can call the AIB Additional Support Helpline on 0818 227 056 ..