王室の Bank of Scotland to の近くに 18 more 支店s with the loss of 105 職業s - after hundreds of other banking 出口s already の近くにd this year in High Street exodus
The 王室の Bank of Scotland will の近くに 18 支店s across the UK this year, in another blow to the high street.
場所／位置s in Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow?are の中で 支店s 始める，決める to be shuttered, with 105 職業s lost.
RBS, which is part of the NatWest group, serves 3.3million personal 顧客s through around 700 支店s, おもに in Scotland.
It comes まっただ中に a wave of 支店 終結s by major banks. In April alone, Barclays?is の近くにing 23 of its 蓄える／店s and 12 Lloyds 場所／位置s will also disappear from the high street.
Over 300 bank 支店s have either の近くにd their doors or are 予定するd for 終結 in 2024 so far.
RBS is の近くにing another 18 of its 支店s this year, as several major banks 退却／保養地 from the high street
RBS 支店s in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen are の中で those 予定するd for 終結 later this year
Banks have 特記する／引用するd 増加するd use of online banking by 顧客s の中で 推論する／理由s for の近くにing physical 場所／位置s.
顧客s are also able to use 地位，任命する office 支店s for simple 処理／取引s and many banks have 開始する，打ち上げるd 動きやすい apps, but 選挙運動者s have raised 関心s that this could leave older and more 攻撃を受けやすい （弁護士の）依頼人s behind.
Nearly 6,000 出口s have already disappeared from high streets in the UK since the start of 2015 as banks continue to 削減（する） costs and point to a 顧客 転換 に向かって 数字表示式の banking.
The number of 終結s could leave some towns 'bankless' with 居住（者）s 軍隊d to travel miles for their nearest 支店.?
In one 事例／患者, in Leiston, Suffolk, 顧客s may be 軍隊d to trek 24 miles after Barclays 発表するd its 意向 to shutter the town's last bank.
One idea to try to 緩和する the 苦痛 for those communities 影響する／感情d is the setting up of banking 中心s. These 許す different 貸す人s to 株 支店 施設s, each taking it in turn to use them to serve 顧客s on different days of the week.?
A spokesperson for the NatWest group said: 'Our 顧客s are using 数字表示式の banking more than ever before ? over 80% of our active 経常収支 支えるもの／所有者s now use our 数字表示式の services and over 97% of 小売 accounts with us are now opened online.
'While we are ますます engaging our 顧客s digitally, our 支店 網状組織 rem ains important to us. We commit to no その上の review of our 王室の Bank of Scotland 支店 網状組織 until at least 2026.
'We are also 意味ありげに 投資するing in refreshing our 網状組織 ? we are 投資するing c£10.5m in our 網状組織 across Scotland, from 2023-24, 同様に as continuing to 投資する in 株d 解答s like the 地位，任命する Office and banking 中心s.
'Our 顧客s 高く評価する／（相場などが）上がる the 速度(を上げる） and convenience of 数字表示式の banking for everyday 処理／取引s, and often, when it comes to making bigger, more コンビナート／複合体 決定／判定勝ち（する）s they value speaking to our 技術d and experienced 同僚s.
'Like any 商売／仕事, we 努力する／競う to 会合，会う our 顧客s’ changing needs and 期待s and we’ve been 答える／応じるing to the 産業 wide 転換 に向かって 数字表示式の services by 投資するing to broaden what 顧客s can do themselves and to 申し込む／申し出 them greater personalisation.
'数字表示式の banking continues to 供給する new and inclusive ways of 許すing the 圧倒的な 大多数 of our individual and 商売／仕事 顧客s, 含むing the 年輩の and 攻撃を受けやすい, 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 移行, having made over 200,000 calls last year. We also have 専門家s that they can speak to for support and 指導／手引.'
