More bank branches are shutting across the UK after Santander confirmed a list of closures.
The UK high streets have been obliterated in recent years, even before the coronavirus pandemic as people have turned to online shopping.
Changing customer habits are also reshaping banking, with many big names exiting towns and cities.
And it isn’t just banks bidding farewell.
Poundland – a staple on every high street – announced a closure of almost 70 stores last week after a rescue deal.
Here are the Santander branches closing this week.
List of Santander branches closing this week
- Aberdare – June 24
- Blackwood – June 23
- Brecon – June 25
- Cleveleys – June 23
- Dungannon – June 23
- Eltham – June 23
- Glasgow LDHQ – June 24
- Glasgow MX – June 23
- Greenford – June 24
- Magherafelt – June 24
Why are the branches closing?
Santander told Metro previously that customer behaviour is changing and it needs to ensure that the business remains ‘fit for future.’
A Santander spokesperson said: ‘Our new combination of full-service branches, alongside Work Cafés, counter-free branches and reduced hours branches, aims to provide the right balance between digital banking and face-to-face money management and guidance.
‘As a business, we must move with customers and balance our investment across all the places where we interact with customers, to deliver the very best for them now and in the future.’
The bank said that closing a branch is ‘always a very difficult decision.’
It comes after the closure of ten Santander and eight NatWest branches last week.
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