Barclays to shut one other 12 financial institution branches this 12 months
Barclays has announced it can shut one other 12 financial institution branches this 12 months, bringing the variety of branches set to shut in 2023 to no less than 122.
Bank bosses blamed a scarcity of demand for in-person providers for the choice to shut the excessive road shops.
A Barclays spokesperson stated: “As visits to branches continue to fall, we need to adapt to provide the best service for all our customers.
“Where there isn’t a longer sufficient demand to help a department, we keep an in-person presence although our Barclays Local community, reside in over 200 areas, primarily based in libraries, city halls, cell vans and our new banking pods.
“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.”
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These are the most recent Barclays branches to have been confirmed as closing this 12 months:
- 29/30 High Street, Windsor- August 23
- 6 Market Place, Harleston – TBC
- 14 Market Hill, Diss – August 23
- 27 Market Hill, Framlingham – August 25
- 9 The Bulwark, Brecon – August 25
- 41 Market Place, Newark – August 17
- 30/32 Bridge Street, Worksop – August 24
- 35 Frederick Street, Birmingham – August 18
- 45 High Street, Biggleswade – August 18
- 351/359 Soho Road, Birmingham – August 24
- 18 Stony Street, Frome – August 23
- 59 Grove Street, Wilmslow – August 25.
To keep its in-person providers, the financial institution is working pop-up websites and launching banking pods, that are semi-permanent websites that may be relocated to completely different areas.
Barclays at present operates 200 pop-up websites with plans for an additional 70, alongside 10 banking pods.
The financial institution additionally has a help van service to supply monetary recommendation for savers. People may also entry primary banking providers at their native Post Office.
At the Post Office, an individual can withdraw cash and make funds. A girl from Devizes, Wiltshire, recently told Express.co.uk about the stress she experienced after her native Barclays closed.
She stated: “Having the Devizes branch closed down has made sure it’s harder for me to access actual face to face support.
“It’s meant that if I have a problem, I have to call or use my mobile banking app to access support.
“Any time I call I’m not able to get hold of anyone in the UK, and sometimes there is a noticeable language barrier, making it even more stressful.”
She claims she solely found by probability the department was closing, as she was not contacted by the financial institution to inform her concerning the closure.
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