{"id":45367,"date":"2026-05-22T07:43:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T07:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/45367\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T07:43:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T07:43:58","slug":"natwest-to-close-a-further-32-branches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/45367\/","title":{"rendered":"NatWest to close a further 32 branches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NatWest has confirmed plans to shut a further 32 branches, with most closing in May and June this year.  <\/p>\n<p>The move comes after the bank announced it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fstech.co.uk\/fst\/NatWest_To_Shut_55_More_Branches.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">closing 55 branches<\/a> across the UK in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The bank said that while its branches are &#8220;central&#8221; to its strategy, with plans for more investment in the network over the next three years, its customers are changing how they choose to engage with the company.<\/p>\n<p>It added that its services need to &#8220;reflect customer demand&#8221; and deliver the &#8220;best possible support.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Through our unique mobile branches, Community Banking Hubs, Post Office partnerships and the largest free-to-use ATM network of any bank, we are committed to providing customers with access to banking in ways that best suit their needs,&#8221; said at NatWest spokesperson. \u201cWe carefully assess where and when we make the difficult decision to close a branch to minimise the impact any change may have on our customers and colleagues.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>NatWest has invested \u00a3115 million in its branches since 2020, with \u00a320 million of this spent on its network last year.<\/p>\n<p>The firm has also committed \u00a34 million branch investment to the regions impacted by its closures. <\/p>\n<p>Last year, the UK government completed its exit from NatWest after nearly 17 years of public ownership. <\/p>\n<p>The Treasury sold its final shares in the banking group on 30 May 2025, ending state intervention that began with a \u00a345.5 billion bailout during the 2008 financial crisis.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NatWest has confirmed plans to shut a further 32 branches, with most closing in May and June this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44344,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[21386],"tags":[22906,22904,22905,7955],"class_list":["post-45367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-natwest","tag-22906","tag-branches","tag-closing","tag-natwest"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116617115342336974","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}