Barclays have today announced the closure of its Northallerton branch.
The branch will shut on March 14 next year.
A Barclays spokesperson said: “Back when we opened this branch, visiting us in person was one of the only ways to do your banking. Now, as there are lots of ways to manage your money without even leaving your home, we’re seeing many customers choosing to bank using our app, and online or telephone banking.
“This has had a big impact on the number of customers coming in to see us.
“When deciding whether to close this branch, we looked carefully at how it’s been used and how customers are banking in other ways.”
The company is also closing its Richmond branch.
Following the announcement, Richmond MP Rishi Sunak said he would be writing Barclays to seek assurances about the arrangements they were making to look after those customers still using the branches “particularly how they will maintain a presence in the two towns as they have done recently when closing branches elsewhere”.
He added: “It is important every assistance and support is given to help elderly or vulnerable customers to transition to online banking where they wish to do so and provide appropriate, alternative, access to their banking services where that is not possible.”
Mr Sunak welcomed plans for a banking hub in Richmond where the major banks and the Post Office would share premises to provide face-to-face banking services and access to cash.
He added: “This would be the first such hub in our area and will help to retain in-person banking in the town.
“I will be pressing Barclays to retain the Richmond branch – the last bank branch in the town – until the new hub is up and running.”
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