Up to 750 jobs are at risk at Santander bank under plans to close nearly a quarter of its high street branches.
The high street lender has announced plans to close 95 of the bank’s existing 444 UK branches.
Of the remaining branches, 36 will operate on reduced hours branches and 18 will be “counter-free”.
Only 290 full-service Santanders will remain.
The continued move to online banking has been given as a reason for the closures. The bank said financial transactions completed in branches fell 61% since 2019.
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