No sign of new wave’ of Irish bank branch closures - FSU

The Financial Services Union, which represents banks staff, said there is no sign of a new wave of bank branch closures as banking company Santander said it plans to shut almost a fifth of its branches in Britain and the North by early summer.

The Santander closures involve 140 of 754 branches, including Ballymoney, Co Antrim, and a branch in east Belfast, and were necessary because it says that the rise of online banking has cut its branch business by 23% in the past three years.