Nearly 2,000 banks have vanished from the high street - see all the closures near you

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

Thirty-six high street banks have closed in Greater Manchester in three years, according to new data. Branches of top banks including Halifax, Natwest, and Lloyds have disappeared from our region's high streets at a rapid rate since February 2022 - with one already closing in 2025.

It comes as nearly 2,000 banks have closed in the UK in three years since the launch of an initiative designed to protect access to cash on the high street.

Nationally, more than 200 already scheduled to shut this year. In total 1,822 bank branches have shut or announced their intention to close since February 2022, when a voluntary agreement saw the major banking groups commit to assessing the impact of every closure.

That’s an average of around 46 closures per month or 11 per week.The LINK initiative to assess the impact of closures - which was agreed by all the major banks including Barclays, HSBC, Natwest, Lloyds, and Halifax - was set up to ensure vulnerable customers and small businesses were not left behind in the switch to cashless payments and virtual banking.