Santander is one of a number of banks shutting branches over the summer. Fourteen of the bank’s outlets are due to close in towns and cities across the country in August.<\/p>\n
The shift to online banking has been blamed for the closures by banks including NatWest<\/a>, Lloyds and Halifax. Santander<\/a> announced in March that it was to close 95 branches, reduce hours at 36 others and remove front counters from 18.<\/p>\n The branches closing this month, in alphabetical order of location, are:<\/p>\n Blyth, Northumberland – August 5<\/p>\n Brixton, London – August 11<\/p>\n Canvey Island, Essex – August 5<\/p>\n Downpatrick, County Down – August 6<\/p>\n Edgware Road, St. John’s Wood, London – August 12<\/p>\n Finchley, London – August 6<\/p>\n Formby, Merseyside – August 11<\/p>\n Holywell, Clwyd – August 12<\/p>\n Plympton, Devon – August 14<\/p>\n Rustington, West Sussex – August 5<\/p>\n Sidcup, Kent – August 11<\/p>\n Whitley Bay, Tyne & Wear – August 6<\/p>\n Willerby, Willerby Shopping Park, North Humberside – August 13<\/p>\n Wimborne, Dorset – August 4<\/p>\n Santander has said previously that it has seen a “rapid” shift of customers from High Streets to digital banking.<\/p>\n A spokesperson for the bank said in spring: “Closing a branch is always a very difficult decision and we spend a great deal of time assessing where and when we do this and how to minimise the impact it may have on our customers.”<\/p>\n Research published by the consumer group Which? in 2024 showed nearly 6,000 bank branches closed over the last decade.<\/p>\n MPs have raised concerns about the impact of closures, especially on rural communities where internet connections can be patchy. Access to cash is another concern raised by parliamentarians.<\/p>\n There are also concerns about some older people who struggle to use online banking services or have doubts about how secure their accounts would be.<\/p>\n The Government has announced plans to boost the number of banking hubs to 350 over the next five years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Santander is one of a number of banks shutting branches over the summer. Fourteen of the bank’s outlets…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316126,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[51,13465,11939,11944,115076,115077,115075,115074,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-316125","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-high-street","10":"tag-santander","11":"tag-santander-branch-closures","12":"tag-santander-branch-closures-august","13":"tag-santander-branch-closures-latest","14":"tag-santander-latest","15":"tag-santander-news","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114968278032680305","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}