HSBC says more people are using the internet to do their banking
HSBC has announced that five further bank branches will close, in an apparent resumption of its closure programme.
HSBC said the closures were a result of customers using the branch network less than they used to.
The bank has closed more than 200 branches in the UK over the last three years, but only four so far in 2013.
It has also hinted that more closures could follow in the months ahead.
The branches concerned are Grange-over-Sands in Cumbria, Almondbury in West Yorkshire, Highcliffe in Dorset, Cudworth in South Yorkshire, and Shipston-on-Stour in Warwickshire.
HSBC told the BBC that the closures were a "last resort".
"These closures are a result of customers using the branch network less," said a spokesman for the bank.
"We are seeing a shift to customers using phone, internet and mobile devices," he said.
HSBC closed about 70 branches in the UK last year and more than 50 in 2011.
Source: BBC News - Business http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23753042#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
