Ulster Bank ‘won’t close branches’
The move, part of a series of 15 customer “commitments”, includes a pledge to open about 45 branches on Saturdays, resulting in another 80 jobs being created. In 2009 over 40 branches were lost as the group, part of the Royal Bank of Scotland, integrated First Active, the former building society, into its core operations.
Mike Bamber, chief executive retail markets at Ulster Bank, said: “We are doing this because we recognise that banks need to change and we want to put the priorities of our customers at the heart of what we do.”
