HSBC to shut down 114 branches across UK by 2023 over shifting client patterns

According to the bank, more consumers prefer online banking over going to a physical location to perform their banking. According to HSBC, visitors have decreased by 65% in the last five years.

According to a bank statement, the fall in branch utilisation has been so rapid since the Covid-19 outbreak that some branches now serve less than 250 people per week.

They also disclosed that 97.5% of their online financial dealings are completed. According to the Managing Director of HSBC UK, Jackie Uhi, people are altering the way they bank, and footfall at many branches is at an all-time low, with no signs of increasing. The HSBC branch and ATM at 104 Duke Street in Barrow-in-Furness will remain open to serve its clients.



The bank stated that its goal was to redeploy all impacted employees but that the adjustments may result in about 100 personnel leaving the firm.

HSBC is the latest bank to announce a network reduction in response to shifting client patterns. However, consumer groups have warned that millions of people still need to be ready and able to go digital, raising fears that many vulnerable customers would be left behind as the transition to a cashless world accelerates. The 114 closing branches are across the United Kingdom, from Dundee in Scotland to Liskeard in Cornwall.

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