TWO major banks will close 80 more branches this year.
Lloyds Banking Group and rival NatWest will both be shutting the doors of yet another raft of bank branches in 2023.
At Lloyds Banking Group, affected brands include Halifax, Lloyds Bank and Bank of Scotland.
While both Natwest and branches of its sister bank Royal Bank of Scotland will shut too.
The closures come as major high street banks opt to transition more of their banking services online.
Data from LINK, the UK's largest cash machine network, shows when banks are set to close over the next five months.
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Banks across the country have scaled back their branch networks.
The number of people using in-person services has been falling for years as more and more people do their banking online.
This increased during the pandemic, as some of those who had stuck to bank branches were forced to learn how to bank from home.
A Lloyds Banking Group spokesperson said: “Our customers are increasingly using digital channels to manage their money – we now have over 20 million regular digital users so it’s important we continue to develop the online services our customers want to use.
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"Our branches will continue to be an option for our customers, alongside our telephone services, mobile app and online bank.”
The Sun contacted NatWest for comment too.
Some of the locations where branches will close include London, Edinburgh and Cambridge.
Here's the full list of banks closing:
Lloyds:
- Lloyds Benton July 17
- Lloyds Peterborough July 17
- Lloyds Fulwell July 20
- Lloyds Chapeltown July 24
- Lloyds London July 25
- Lloyds Carlton July 26
- Lloyds Cambridge July 31
- Lloyds Shepton Mallet July 31
- Lloyds Hazel Grove August 1
- Lloyds London August 1
- Lloyds London August 2
- Lloyds Tumble August 3
- Lloyds Eckington August 9
- Lloyds New Mills August 17
- Lloyds Corringham August 21
- Lloyds Wotton-Under-Edge August 23
- Lloyds Downham Market September 4
- Lloyds Shirebrook September 4
- Lloyds Sidmouth September 5
- Lloyds Porthcawl September 7
- Lloyds Withernsea September 12
- Lloyds Wellington September 13
- Lloyds Newcastle upon Tyne September 14
- Lloyds East Horsley September 18
- Lloyds Ystradgynlais September 19
- Lloyds Doncaster September 20
Halifax:
- Halifax Catford July 18
- Halifax Bristol July 19
- Halifax Tadcaster August 22
- Halifax Denton August 30
- Halifax Otley September 5
- Halifax Newton Aycliffe September 6
- Halifax Porthcawl September 7
- Halifax Newmarket September 11
- Halifax Mirfield September 21
Bank of Scotland:
- BoS Bearsden July 25
- BoS Edinburgh July 26
- BoS Pollokshields July 27
- BoS Cults August 14
Natwest:
- NatWest Ashton-in-Makerfield June 27
- NatWest Rothwell June 28
- NatWest Tilehurst June 28
- NatWest Bletchley June 29
- NatWest Bristol July 4
- NatWest Croydon July 4
- NatWest Deal July 5
- NatWest London July 5
- NatWest Romford July 6
- NatWest Heald Green July 11
- NatWest Hull July 11
- NatWest Isleworth July 12
- NatWest Knowle July 12
- NatWest London July 13
- NatWest New Malden July 13
- NatWest Cardiff July 18
- NatWest Croydon July 19
- NatWest Street July 19
- NatWest Aldridge July 20
- NatWest Whitley Bay July 20
- NatWest Dorking July 25
- NatWest March July 25
- NatWest Peterborough July 26
- NatWest Tamworth July 27
- NatWest Blandford Forum August 1
- NatWest Wymondham August 1
- NatWest Knutsford August 2
- NatWest Runcorn August 2
- NatWest Stony Stratford August 3
- NatWest Bournemouth August 8
- NatWest Westbury on Trym August 8
- NatWest Brighouse August 9
- NatWest Fakenham August 10
- NatWest Ryde August 10
- NatWest Hertford August 15
- NatWest Brighton August 16
- NatWest Christchurch August 16
- NatWest London August 17
- NatWest Fulwood August 17
- NatWest Stratford November 30
Royal Bank of Scotland:
- RBS Tranent July 27
- RBS Johnstone August 15
Lloyds Banking Group already announced a raft of closures for this year following closures last year.
In January, the banking giant revealed 40 branches would be lost from the UK's high street.
It said it would close 18 Halifax sites and 22 Lloyds branches between April and June this year.
That adds to 64 closures announced since the beginning of the year, with Barclays and TSB saying they will shut 24 sites between them.
And just this week, Barclays said it would shut more than a dozen banks this year as well.
The bank is set to close branches across England and Wales, with sites in Cambridge, Llandeilo and Holmes Chapel among those affected.
All of the branches are set to close their doors in June.
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Meanwhile, NatWest has closed 43 branches between January and March this year.
We've rounded up the full list of bank branches set to close in 2023.
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