Overview
- Four major lenders will close 52 branches in May, with new lists naming specific locations and dates across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
- Santander has 27 closures scheduled in May, including 12 this week, after completing its £2.65bn TSB purchase on April 30.
- NatWest will close 15 sites by the end of May, with dates spread across the month in areas such as London, Manchester, Orpington and Portishead.
- Lloyds will shut eight branches in May and has published a separate list of 37 Lloyds sites set to close in June, following its February decision to cut 95 across Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland; Halifax will close two London branches in late May.
- Banks say falling branch use and growth in mobile and online banking drive the changes, and they point customers to options such as community bankers, PayPoint, reduced-hour or counter-free sites and Santander Locals, while Which? counts 6,719 UK branch closures since 2015.