Have you noticed that its getting increasingly harder to find a bank, or cashpoint when you need one?
Here’s why:
Wales lost 43% of its bank branches between January 2015 and August 2019.
A total of 239 in all.
What’s more, 10% of our free ATMs have disappeared in the last year.
Access to banking and free cash machines in Wales is not a new concern, however the scale of closures continues to increase at an alarming rate.
You told us in a recent survey how losing your local bank branch or cashpoint is affecting you, your community and businesses in the local area.
You can see some of the feedback from the survey in the infographic below.
Urgent action needed
The findings of an inquiry into access to banking in Wales have been published. Calling for urgent action from the Welsh Government to protect our valuable banking network and champion Welsh consumers at a UK level.
If you’d like to read the full report on access to banking in Wales, you can download it here.
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