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IntroductionThe Royal Bank of Scotland will close 18 branches across the UK this year, in another blow to the hi ...
The Royal Bank of Scotland will close 18 branches across the UK this year, in another blow to the high street.
Sites in Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow are among branches set to be shuttered, with 105 jobs lost.
RBS, which is part of the NatWest group, serves 3.3million personal customers through around 700 branches, mainly in Scotland.
It comes amid a wave of branch closures by major banks. In April alone, Barclays is closing 23 of its stores and 12 Lloyds sites will also disappear from the high street.
Over 300 bank branches have either closed their doors or are slated for closure in 2024 so far.
RBS is closing another 18 of its branches this year, as several major banks retreat from the high street
RBS branches in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen are among those slated for closure later this year
Banks have cited increased use of online banking by customers among reasons for closing physical sites.
Customers are also able to use post office branches for simple transactions and many banks have launched mobile apps, but campaigners have raised concerns that this could leave older and more vulnerable clients behind.
Nearly 6,000 outlets have already disappeared from high streets in the UK since the start of 2015 as banks continue to cut costs and point to a customer shift towards digital banking.
The number of closures could leave some towns 'bankless' with residents forced to travel miles for their nearest branch.
In one case, in Leiston, Suffolk, customers may be forced to trek 24 miles after Barclays announced its intention to shutter the town's last bank.
One idea to try to alleviate the pain for those communities affected is the setting up of banking hubs. These allow different lenders to share branch facilities, each taking it in turn to use them to serve customers on different days of the week.
A spokesperson for the NatWest group said: 'Our customers are using digital banking more than ever before – over 80% of our active current account holders now use our digital services and over 97% of retail accounts with us are now opened online.
'While we are increasingly engaging our customers digitally, our branch network remains important to us. We commit to no further review of our Royal Bank of Scotland branch network until at least 2026.
'We are also significantly investing in refreshing our network – we are investing c£10.5m in our network across Scotland, from 2023-24, as well as continuing to invest in shared solutions like the Post Office and banking hubs.
'Our customers appreciate the speed and convenience of digital banking for everyday transactions, and often, when it comes to making bigger, more complex decisions they value speaking to our skilled and experienced colleagues.
'Like any business, we strive to meet our customers’ changing needs and expectations and we’ve been responding to the industry wide shift towards digital services by investing to broaden what customers can do themselves and to offer them greater personalisation.
'Digital banking continues to provide new and inclusive ways of allowing the overwhelming majority of our individual and business customers, including the elderly and vulnerable, to bank with us in ways that they weren’t able to before.
'But we know that a small number of people are not yet comfortable with it, which is why we are proactively reaching out to support them with this transition, having made over 200,000 calls last year. We also have experts that they can speak to for support and guidance.'
Which RBS branches are set to close this year?78 Union Street, Aberdeen - October 9
8 Hopetoun Street, Bathgate - September 25
18 Tay Walk, Cumbernauld - September 18
277 Strathmartine Road, Dundee - October 8
24/25 Princes Square, East Kilbride - October 10
206 Bruntsfield Place, Edinburgh - September 26
2 Bernard Street, Leith - October 10
30 Nicolson Street, Edinburgh - September 19
2139 Paisley Road, West Cardonald - September 19
9 Clifton Place, Glasgow - November 19
88 Main Street, Rutherglen - September 24
2 Colquhoun Square, Helensburgh - September 29
29 Harbour Road, Inverness - TBC
Unit 28 Eastgate Shopping Centre, Inverness - TBC
35/37 Main Street, Largs - October 3
2 Main Street, New Deer - September 26
30 Old Liston Road, Newbridgen - October 2
98 Main Street, Wishaw - September 24
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