SANTANDER HAS ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT IT'S CLOSING A FIFTH OF ITS LOCATIONS 09:58, 29 May 2025 Multiple banking groups have announced location closures in June, including Lloyds Bank,

Halifax, NatWest and Santander. The banks have cited "changing customer habits" as one of the leading reasons for the upcoming closures. In total, 107 businesses have been

earmarked to close their doors in a significant blow to the high street, including in Kidderminster, Stafford and Warwick. READ MORE: BRITISH GAS CUSTOMERS CAN GET HALF PRICE ELECTRICITY

TODAY HALIFAX * Bitterne – June 9 * Bournemouth – June 4 * Felixstowe - June 2 * Fleetwood - June 25 * Gainsborough - June 2 * Kingsbury - June 2 * Horsforth - June 3 * Launceston - June 3 *

Southampton - June 9 * Southsea - June 2 * Spennymoor - June 26 * Stanley - June 26 * Tonypandy - June 30 * Warwick - June 24 * Welwyn Garden City - June 11 * Woodbridge - June 25 A

statement from the Lloyds Banking Group, which also oversees Halifax, explained the closures were due to changing customer habits, as there is less footfall in their brick-and-mortar

locations while online banking continues to rise. It wrote: “Most customers are now using our mobile banking app, internet banking or calling us instead. This means they are using branches

less.” NATWEST * Accrington - June 5 * Alfreton - June 2 * Beverley - June 25 * Bridlington - June 11 * Ellesmere Port - June 4 * Garstang - June 26 * Keighley - June 16 * Leeds, Cross Gates

- June 10 * Leek - June 16 * Manchester - June 11 * Mansfield - June 26 * Mexborough - June 3 * Nantwich - June 19 * Newark-on-Trent - June 17 * Nottingham, West Bridgford - June 24 * St

Annes On Sea - June 24 * Stafford - June 25 * Stockport, Hazel Grove - June 19 * Stockport, Heaton Moor - June 3 * Stockton-on-Tees - June 4 * Stoke-on-Trent, Longton - June 5 * Uttoxeter -

June 2 * Washington - June 17 * Worksop - June 18 A spokesperson for NatWest told 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. "We are also significantly investing in refreshing our network – we

expect to invest in excess of £20m in our network across the UK in 2025 to improve customer service, enhance the look and feel of our branches, and reduce the environmental impact of our

buildings, as well as continuing to invest in shared solutions like the Post Office and Banking Hubs. "Like any business, we strive to meet our customers’ changing needs and

expectations and we’ve been responding to the industry wide shift towards digital services by investing to broaden what customers can do themselves and to offer them greater

personalisation." Article continues below SANTANDER * Aberdare – 24 June * Blackwood – 23 June * Brecon – 25 June * Clacton – 16 June * Cleveleys – 23 June * Croydon – 16 June *

Dungannon – 23 June * Eltham – 23 June * Fleet – 30 June * Gateshead Metro – 16 June * Glasgow LDHQ – 24 June * Glasgow MX – 23 June * Greenford – 24 June * Kidderminster – 18 June * Kilburn

– 17 June * Launceston – 16 June * Louth – 17 June * Magherafelt – 24 June * Musselburgh – 30 June * Peterhead – 16 June * Portadown – 30 June * Swadlincote – 30 June * Torquay – 17 June A

statement on Santander’s website reads: “We last did a major review of our branches in 2021. "Since then, many of our customers are choosing to use Mobile, Online and Telephone Banking

more, and branches less.”