The number of Brits visiting their local
The move adds to the 69 branches
Over the past decade, online banking apps have emerged as the main tool households use to budget.
The switch to mobile banking, aided by the ascent of smart phones, has watered down incentives for lenders to maintain a large high street presence, prompting a wave of branch closures in recent years.
Footfall in 74 per cent of branches
Policymakers have warned the shrinking presence of high street bank branches could result in people who still rely on cash - typically older Brits - being frozen out of the country's financial network.
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