A Leeds city centre bank will close at the beginning of next year, it has been announced.
Barclays, in The Headrow, will shut its doors to customers on February 16, 2022, at 12pm.
This move comes as the number of counter transactions has gone down in the two years to March 2020 due the increased use of alternative banking.
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A spokesperson for Barclays added that they found only nine customers use this branch exclusively for banking and in the past 12 months, 62 per cent of the branch’s customers have been using nearby branches.
The nearest branch to The Headrow is Barclays Bank in The Albion, which is 0.2miles away with another in Moortown, 3.4 miles away.
A statement explaining the closure reads: “Here are the main reasons why the Leeds, The Headrow branch is closing:
“• The number of counter transactions has gone down in the two years to March 2020, and additionally 92 per cent of our branch customers also use other ways to do their banking such as online and by telephone.
“• Customers using other ways to do their banking has increased by 14 per cent since 2015.
“• In the past 12 months, 62 per cent of this branch's customers have been using nearby branches
“• We’ve identified that only nine customers use this branch exclusively for their banking.”
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