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Millions of NatWest prospects might discover that their native department is closing, because the financial institution plans to close 25 websites subsequent month and 53 this yr. According to Which? the UK has seen 6,161 financial institution branches shut their doorways since January 2015 – roughly 53 a month.

A NatWest spokesperson stated the transfer got here as prospects have been switching to digital banking of their droves. The spokesperson informed The Sun: “Our customers are using digital banking more than ever before – over 80% of our active current account holders now use our digital services and over 97% of retail accounts with us are now opened online.

The spokesperson added that although branches will be being shut next month, the bank would be putting more money into the ones it is keeping open.

They said: “We are additionally considerably investing in refreshing our community – we anticipate to put money into extra of £20m in our community throughout the UK in 2025 to enhance customer support, improve the feel and appear of our branches, and scale back the environmental impression of our buildings, in addition to persevering with to put money into shared options just like the Post Office and Banking Hubs.”

The statement continued: “Like any enterprise, we try to satisfy our prospects’ altering wants and expectations and we’ve been responding to the trade extensive shift in the direction of digital companies by investing to broaden what prospects can do themselves and to supply them higher personalisation.”