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RBS is closing 259 branches - one in four of its outlets - and cutting 680 jobs as more customers bank online.
The closures involve 62 Royal Bank of Scotland and 197 NatWest branches.
RBS, which is 72%-owned by the taxpayer, said it would try to ensure compulsory redundancies were "kept to an absolute minimum".
The bank said use of its branches by customers had fallen 40% since 2014, but the Unite union, which represents bank staff, called the cuts "savage".
Following the closures, the RBS group will be left with 744 branches.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42192641
Every time I go into a bank they try to persuade me to do my banking online so this is not really a surprise is it. They'd very much like there to be no branches and if they carry on like this that's what'll happen. Still I suppose there'll be more room in our high streets for nail bars and coffee shops...