Lloyds Banking Group is closing a further 48 branches, in a move condemned by a trade union as a “classic example of putting profits before people”.
The group, which announced multibillion-pound profits in July, will shut 41 Lloyds Bank and seven Halifax branches across England and Wales between January and April 2022.
The banking group closed 56 branches in spring, and a further 44 will close for good by November.
The latest closures – which the bank blamed on a continuing decline in customer visits – add up to almost 150 branches being axed in 14 months.
Many of the big banks have been cutting their branch networks, claiming customers are spurning traditional counter service in favour of banking online and via mobile phones. Many have said
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