Tagged: bank closures

March 20, 2025 @ 8:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In a restructuring move, Santander UK, the United Kingdom based division of the Spain’s Banco Santander (NYSE: SAN), announced that it will close 95 of its 444 U.K. branches, representing roughly one-fifth of its physical network. The bank has posted a list of the impacted branches… Read More

March 16, 2022 @ 11:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

HSBC (NYSE: HSBC) recently confirmed the closure of 69 physical branch locations across its wider bank network in the United Kingdom, in a move that could impact 400 jobs. In an official statement, the banking institution explained that the decision was taken as part of… Read More

October 11, 2021 @ 3:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Over a third or more than 30% of Bank of Ireland branches across the nation closed down permanently on Friday (October 8, 2021). As reported by The Journal, clients at 88 physical Bank of Ireland branches across the country had been able to use their… Read More

March 27, 2021 @ 10:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

George Holland, Mayor of Moorhead, Mississippi, recalls the feeling he experienced when  Regions Bank announced it was shutting down its physical branch in his town just a few years back. As reported by NPR, Holland noted that it was the only banking service provider in… Read More

January 29, 2021 @ 8:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Germany-based lending company Commerzbank has announced that it will be cutting around 10,000 jobs and will permanently shut down 340 branches by 2024. The company confirmed that it plans to focus more on its digital transformation strategy so that it can lower operational costs and… Read More

January 11, 2021 @ 7:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Over 160 physical bank branch locations are shutting down permanently between now and the end of the lockdown period, which has been tentatively scheduled for late March 2021 in the UK.  As first reported by the Daily Mail, these bank branch closures will come as… Read More