Checked to see if the branch I worked at in my teens was on the list. Turns out it closed July last year. I remember it having queues out the door nearly every day.
deprevino on
Anyone heard of banking hubs? A town near me lost all five of their banks over two decades, but they now all share one space, which continues to serve the community at minimal shared cost. I think this is the future of banking in all but the most financially active areas – you need an nearby in person location, just not ten of them.
ninjascotsman on
If nearest local was now 22 mile drive away would you close your account and switch bank?
LlamasBeatLLMs on
I last went to a bank branch in 2017, I remember it specifically, because I went in to close my account because going into a branch was the only way to change my registered address, so I may as well have just closed my account while I was in there.
In 9 years since, I’ve never had a reason to go in and talk to the glorified checkout assistants who can do little but direct your to their phonelines.
llamasim on
Things have changed even in the last 5 years. The last non-online holdouts have caved and sadly, many of the older customers have died.
I used to work in the branches (small local ones) and it was quite literally only old people or bereaved people.
They are doing this without mass redundancies though – staff are generally punted to other branches or phone/online helpdesk jobs.
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Checked to see if the branch I worked at in my teens was on the list. Turns out it closed July last year. I remember it having queues out the door nearly every day.
Anyone heard of banking hubs? A town near me lost all five of their banks over two decades, but they now all share one space, which continues to serve the community at minimal shared cost. I think this is the future of banking in all but the most financially active areas – you need an nearby in person location, just not ten of them.
If nearest local was now 22 mile drive away would you close your account and switch bank?
I last went to a bank branch in 2017, I remember it specifically, because I went in to close my account because going into a branch was the only way to change my registered address, so I may as well have just closed my account while I was in there.
In 9 years since, I’ve never had a reason to go in and talk to the glorified checkout assistants who can do little but direct your to their phonelines.
Things have changed even in the last 5 years. The last non-online holdouts have caved and sadly, many of the older customers have died.
I used to work in the branches (small local ones) and it was quite literally only old people or bereaved people.
They are doing this without mass redundancies though – staff are generally punted to other branches or phone/online helpdesk jobs.