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77 sites will be shutting their doors over the next two years

One major victim of lockdowns and the rise of online finance? Bricks-and-mortar banks. As customers choose to deal with their dosh from home, many firms including NatWest, Lloyds and TSB have decided to close a huge number of their IRL branches.
After calling it quits on 157 branches in 2023, Barclays has announced that at least a further 77 outlets will shut across 2024 and 2025. That’s in spite of a third of Brits saying they would prefer to manage their accounts in person, according to Mail Online.
A spokesperson for the bank said: ‘As visits to branches continue to fall, we need to adapt to provide the best service for all our customers. Where there is no longer enough demand to support a branch, we maintain an in-person presence though our Barclays Local network, live in over 200 locations, based in libraries, town halls, mobile vans and our new banking pods.’
For those still wary of cashless living, they added: ‘We also support access to cash with our cashback without purchase service, 24-hour deposit-taking ATMs and by working alongside the Post Office and Cash Access UK.’
These Barclays outposts are confirmed to be closing before the end of the year.
Britain’s high streets continue to change at breakneck pace, you can keep up to date with all the comings and goings here at Time Out. We’ve got this extensive list of UK high-street closures, plus guides to all the new B&M, Wilko and Aldi branches opening across the nation.
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