{"id":69214,"date":"2023-09-20T17:00:22","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T17:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geels.net\/?p=69214"},"modified":"2023-09-20T17:00:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T17:00:22","slug":"completely-unacceptable-as-major-high-street-banks-to-close-36-more-branches-forever-is-your-local-going-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geels.net\/beauty\/completely-unacceptable-as-major-high-street-banks-to-close-36-more-branches-forever-is-your-local-going-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"'Completely unacceptable' as major high street banks to close 36 more branches forever – is your local going? | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

FOUR big banks are going to be pulling the plug on 36 more branches.<\/p>\n

Bank of Scotland, Halifax, Lloyds and Natwest are all shutting more locations across the UK.<\/p>\n

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The closures come as\u00a0big banks\u00a0look to move more of their services online.<\/p>\n

Data from the UK's largest cash machine network,\u00a0LINK, keeps track of any planned\u00a0branch closures\u00a0across the UK.<\/p>\n

Bank of Scotland is closing two branches in Scotland, while Halifax will be pulling down the hatches on 15 banks across England and Scotland. <\/p>\n

Lloyds is closing 18 banks and Natwest is shutting just one. <\/p>\n

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All closures are set for next year with some starting as early as January. <\/p>\n

Sharon Dowsey, MP for the Scottish Parliament, previously said that it was "completely unacceptable" that so many people are being left without access to in-person cash services. <\/p>\n

Commenting on the closure of the Cumnock branch set for February next year, she said: "These decisions are frustrating, particularly since I know that a lot of people rely on this branch for access to cash."<\/p>\n

"The local community is hacked off by this decision. It leaves loyal customers and businesses struggling to get the services they need."<\/p>\n

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Other disappointed customers expressed their thoughts on social media.<\/p>\n

Many are feeling the effect of branches that have shut their doors already.<\/p>\n

One took to Facebook and said: "What on earth are we support to do… Wow are all the elderly people supposed to do that don't do online banking and where are we going to get the cash we need? <\/p>\n

"Not everyone has a car. "<\/p>\n

While on Twitter, one shopper tagged her bank and said: "I am at the end of my tether with Halifax in despair – tried to visit a branch today only to find you close at 3pm."<\/p>\n

Someone else wrote: "Annoying that the only way I can close my Help to Buy ISA is in a branch of Halifax, so after a 40 min drive to the branch I'm now in a huge queue and one of the computers has gone down."<\/p>\n

Another upset customer added: "You\u2019re forcing people to go cashless and disadvantaging people. <\/p>\n

"Cash is not a crime. Keep the branch open."<\/p>\n

Here's the full list of locations that will be closing next year:<\/p>\n

Bank of Scotland<\/h3>\n