NatWest and Halifax to close 39 branches in September – full list | UK | News
Natwest and Khalifax will close the doors in 39 in another coup to the high streets of England next month. This year, hundreds of bank branches have already been closed and there are more on the pipeline in the coming months.
A total of 26 Natwest branches and 13 Halifax branches will be closed for good in September. As the banks have to deal with the customer’s transformation into online and mobile banking, the closing will go back to October. Banks and building societies have closed a total of 6,443 branches since the beginning of 2015 and equal to an average closing of 53 compared to the consumer champion. Which? Deputy Editor Sam Richardson said that the closing represents a “seismic change” about how the British people choose the bank.
Natwest is just one of the major banks that will close most of its sites throughout England.
According to Metro, a Natwest spokesman said more than 80% of the current account holders use digital services and more than 97% of retail accounts are opened online.
A total of 54 branches will close their shutters this year and Natwest group, including the Royal Bank of Scotland and Ulster Bank since 2015, has closed 1,409 branches.
Full list of Natwest closing in September:
- Willerby, September 22
- Abingdon, September 24
- Birmingham (ACOCKS GREEN), September 16
- BICESTER, September 30
- Cardiff (Canton), September 16
- Cirencester, September 17
- CWMBRAN, September 1
- Birmingham (Edgbaston), September 11
- ELY, 10 September
- Bristol (Fishponds), 4 September
- Halasowen, September 3
- Hinckley, September 17
- Luton (Leagrave), September 15
- Leicester (Melton Road), September 2
- Llangefni, 4 September
- Cardiff (Llanishen), September 11
- Melton Mowbray, 29 September
- Newmarket (Suffolk), September 24
- Northampton (Weston Favell Shopping Center), September 15
- Leicester (Oadby), September 10
- Rayleight, September 2
- Birmingham (smethwick), September 25
- Sudbury, September 30
- Wickford, September 18
- Wisbech, September 1
- Beşe, September 25
In the last five years, Khalifax had decreased by 48% in face -to -face transactions in its branches.
A spokesman who speaks about this Califax “Most customers are now looking for our mobile banking application, internet banking or us. This means that they use branches less.”
Halifax closed a large number of branches to reduce costs.
The full list of the Halifax closures in September:
- Furness Barrow, 10 September
- Brentwood, September 10
- Castleford, September 8
- Cirencester, September 25
- EPSOM, September 15
- Erdington, September 24
- London Clapham Junction, September 23
- Long Eaton, 18 September
- Nortwich, September 3
- Rhyl, September 23
- Richmond (Surrey), September 16
- Skegness, September 3
- Walkden, September 25
