Citing coronavirus, AIB suspends planned contactless fee

Anything the banks can think of to cream yet more money from consumers or retailers they take it. What is this, a 'convenience' charge? Faced with this customers should go back to using cash or just make it a standard card transaction. 

Why would/will AIB charge a fee on contactless payments. Banks have been stimulating contactless, and as banks always do, as soon as it works, charge it.

contactless transaction charge? seriosly

In the news today, debunking coronavirus myths ..."From previous research into similar coronaviruses, including those that cause SARS and MERS and are similar to COVID-19, scientists believe that the virus cannot survive on letters or packages for an extended time.  Coronaviruses on surfaces are not likely to survive over the period of the days or weeks a parcel from China needs to reach a destination outside the country."

What is the typical turn-around time for recirculating used bank notes ?  If the virus can't survive on the surface of an envelope, it can't survive on a bank note.

@Russell: what is then, approx, the survival time of the virus on e.g. an envelope? Thanks

Depends if by "survival time" you mean remains infectious, vs can still be identified.

"...although the common cold virus has been shown to survive on surfaces for several days, their ability to cause infections quickly diminishes; they usually cannot cause infections after 24 hours."

"Cold and flu virus-laden droplets may remain infectious for several hours, depending on where they fall."

"Viruses outside the body can be better described as either infectious or identifiable - meaning the genetic material that was once inside the virus can be detected via a lab technique like polymerase chain reaction, or PCR. This is usually what advertisements for cleaning products are referring to when they say flu viruses can survive on surfaces for days on end."