HSBC has announced plans to close a further 69 branches in a bid to move more people to online and mobile banking. 

The move is expected to affect around 400 staff, with south London facing seven closures.

Those are  Peckham, Sidcup, Eltham, New Malden, Beckenham, Wandsworth and Kingston upon Thames.

This comes as Jackie Uhi, head of HSBC UK’s branch network, said: “The way people bank is changing – something the pandemic has accelerated.

“Our branches continue to support people with their more complex banking needs, but the way we can do this has also evolved, with the addition of banking hubs, community pop ups and continued use of the Post Office network.

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“Rather than a one-size-fits-all branch approach, it’s an approach built around the way different customers are choosing to bank in different areas.”

All HSBC bank branch closures

These are all the HSBC bank branches closing this year:

July

  • City of London
  • Westfield Stratford City
  • New Bond Street
  • Cambridge, Hills Road
  • Moorgate
  • Angel Islington
  • Gloucester Road
  • Monmouth
  • Perth Hammersmith
  • Merry Hill
  • Woking

August

  • East Grinstead
  • Peckham
  • Farnham
  • Beaconsfield
  • Street
  • Lymington
  • Sidcup
  • Thame
  • Hoddesdon
  • Brimingham, Harborne,
  • Londonderry
  • Uckfield
  • Leyland
  • Omagh
  • Boreham & Elstree
  • Golders Green
  • Stowmarket
  • Eltham
  • Wellingborough
  • Amserham-on-the-Hill
  • Bishop Auckland
  • Ashby-de-la-Zouch
  • Woodbridge
  • Thornbury

September

  • New Malden
  • Hartlepool
  • Keynsham
  • Pinner
  • Dewsbury
  • Barking
  • Newmarket
  • Billericay
  • Beckenham
  • Sidmouth
  • Burgess Hill
  • Daentry
  • Nottingham, West Bridgford
  • Ellesmere Port
  • Strood
  • St Annes-on-Sea
  • Ringwood
  • Pontefract
  • Ilkeston
  • Petersfield
  • Whitehaven
  • Hampstead, High Street
  • Inverness
  • Wandsworth
  • Manchester, Didsbury
  • Bristol, Whiteladies Road
  • Shirley

October

  • Herne Bay
  • Manchester, Trafford Park
  • Cardiff, Canton
  • Falmouth
  • Bootle
  • TBC
  • Kingston