High Street banks must recognise that branches matter, says ALEX BRUMMER By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Updated: 17:01 EST, 2 January 2024 e-mail View comments Challenging Britain’s incumbent High Street banks is a perennial problem. The big lenders make few friends with branch closures, overcharging for routine transactions, cutting services and clunky, exasperating technology. In many ways, the competitive advantage of the big four – NatWest, Barclays, HSBC and Lloyds – ought to be their network of outlets. Closures continue apace with some 6,000 branches disappearing since 2015 and a further 200 scheduled to go in 2024. In…
