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08.02.2021
The Daily Mail has written this week that despite the fact that most people still rely on their high street bank, they are being driven away by branch closures and a push towards online banking Since 1988, more than...
03.02.2020
YourMoney.com reported that Lloyds Banking Group has confirmed it will close 56 branches across the country between April and October, including 31 Lloyds, 10 Halifax and 15 Bank of Scotland branches in response to reduced customer demand for in-branch services...
30.07.2019
PA Media reports on new research published by banking app Pockit, which found that banks are closing branches in poorer areas of England at a faster rate than in wealthier areas It found that, on average, the most deprived...
15.07.2019
The Financial Times reports that the Government has refused to intervene to protect banking services in rural areas, despite recommendations from the Treasury Committee. In May, the Committee called for the financial regulator and the Government to force banks...
25.03.2019
In response to the recent Access to Cash review, the website lovemoney.com polled readers on their attitudes towards cash. The review warned that the ‘death knell for cash’ in other countries had been due to shops and businesses refusing...
25.03.2019
Baroness Tyler, chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Social Mobility and the Lords Committee on Financial Exclusion, has written for PoliticsHome.com welcoming Nationwide’s commitment to keep branches open. It came after the building society announced that every town...
18.03.2019
Nationwide is to pile pressure on high street rivals with a marketing campaign promising it will not leave towns deserted a ccording to an article in This is Money The building society is pledging that it will not...
25.02.2019
The Metro ran a feature on the town of Burslem in Staffordshire, ‘where all the free cash machines have been taken away by banks’. A series of banks, including Nationwide, NatWest and Lloyds, have closed over the last three...
28.01.2019
ATM network operator Link is planning to increase the fees it offers operators in order to keep free rural cash machines available, according to the website TalkingRetail.com. From April 1 2019, Link will offer £2.75 per withdrawal for a...
28.01.2019
The Times reported on Santander’s plans to close a fifth of its high street network and make over 800 staff redundant because customers are increasingly switching to online banking. 140 Santander branches will close, leaving 614 remaining in the UK....
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Public Sector Funding
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