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Re: The Barclays and other non-Lloyds/TSB Bank thread
Posted: Wed 09 Feb, 2022 15.46
by WillPS
thegeek wrote: ↑Wed 09 Feb, 2022 10.16
thegeek wrote: ↑Tue 13 Oct, 2020 15.24
However, I did get something fancy from them: I selected the Fleet Street RBS branch (which is one of my nearest) and got a swanky looking Visa Debit card from Child & Co, the world's third oldest bank.
Just had a letter from RBS saying they're closing their Fleet Street branch - the end for Child & Co?
I really should find a reason to go and visit before June, because
it looks rather swanky inside.
Same :(. They seem to still be issuing cards as Visa Debit but I imagine they'll just be reissued as standard RBS ones whenever they eventually pull the plug.
At least I've got a book of posh cheques to put in wedding cards.
Re: The Barclays and other non-Lloyds/TSB Bank thread
Posted: Wed 09 Feb, 2022 18.33
by thegeek
WillPS wrote: ↑Wed 09 Feb, 2022 15.46
At least I've got a book of posh cheques to put in wedding cards.
Make sure you use a fountain pen!
I did get an email saying they'd be issuing my debit card as a MasterCard but it's yet to turn up.
Re: The Barclays and other non-Lloyds/TSB Bank thread
Posted: Tue 15 Feb, 2022 21.17
by Martin Phillp
List of NatWest and RBS closures announced including Child & Co.
• Billericay, Essex
• Borehamwood, Hertfordshire
• Bulwell & Hucknall, Nottinghamshire
• Chelsea, Greater London
• Gillingham, Kent
• Gosforth, Tyne and Wear
• Headingley, West Yorkshire
• Hull University, East Yorkshire
• Leatherhead, Surrey
• Leeds Victoria, West Yorkshire
• Manchester Spinningfields Square, Greater Manchester
• Marlow, Buckinghamshire
• Nottingham City, Nottinghamshire
• Piccadilly & New Bond Street, Greater London
• Ruislip, northwest London
• South Woodford, east London
• Swanley, Kent
• Tavistock Square, central London
• Twickenham, west London
• Windsor & Eton, Berkshire
• Derby Crompton House, Derbyshire
Royal Bank of Scotland closures
• Bishopsgate, City of London
• Cardiff City, Wales
• Chelmsford, Essex
• Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
• Harrow, north London
• Leeds Park Row, West Yorkshire
• Leicester Market Street, Leicestershire
• London Child & Co
• Nottingham City Office, Nottinghamshire
• Southampton High Street, Hampshire
• Wilmslow, Cheshire
Re: The Barclays and other non-Lloyds/TSB Bank thread
Posted: Wed 16 Mar, 2022 11.17
by thegeek
thegeek wrote: ↑Fri 07 Jan, 2022 15.56
Some of the NatWest brands have put their new card artwork online:
Curiously, they've updated the designs and have gone portrait:
Has anyone received theirs (in either orientation) yet?
This example of how it'll look in Apple Pay isn't very good though. My Virgin Money debit card is portrait, but the graphic that shows up in Google Pay is a landscape version.
Re: The Barclays and other non-Lloyds/TSB Bank thread
Posted: Wed 16 Mar, 2022 22.55
by WillPS
None have surfaced in the wild yet to my knowledge, it is peculiar though, I wonder if they are running down stock of the December ones?
I applied for a new RBS account last week but I was sent a Child & Co branded Visa Debit. If the rumours are true this will only live for a few months before Natwest Group pull the plug on Visa Debit entirely this summer.
Re: The Barclays and other non-Lloyds/TSB Bank thread
Posted: Fri 18 Mar, 2022 00.24
by Martin Phillp
The latest HSBC branch closures.
Amersham-on-the-Hill, Chiltern
23 August 2022
Angel (Islington), London
21 July 2022
Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire
25 August 2022
Bishop Auckland, Durham
23 August 2022
Barking, Essex
6 September 2022
Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire
4 August 2022
Beckenham, Greater London
8 September 2022
Billericay, Essex
8 September 2022
Bootle, Merseyside
6 October 2022
Borehamwood & Elstree, Hertfordshire
16 August 2022
Burgess Hill, West Sussex
13 September 2022
Cambridge, Hills Road
21 July 2022
Canton, Cardiff
4 October 2022
City of London
19 July 2022
Daventry, Northamptonshire
13 September 2022
Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
6 September 2022
Didsbury, Manchester
29 September 2022
East Grinstead, West Sussex
2 August 2022
Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
15 September 2022
Eltham, Greater London
18 August 2022
Falmouth, Cornwall
6 October 2022
Farnham, Surrey
2 August 2022
Gloucester Road, London
26 July 2022
Golders Green, London
18 August 2022
Hammersmith, London
28 July 2022
Hampstead (High Street), London
27 September 2022
Harborne, Birmingham
11 August 2022
Hartlepool, Durham
1 September 2022
Herne Bay, Kent
4 October 2022
Hoddeston, Hertfordshire
9 August 2022
Ilkeston, Derbyshire
22 September 2022
Inverness, Inverness-shire
27 September 2022
Keynsham, Somerset
1 September 2022
Kingston, Surrey
Date TBC
Leyland, Lancashire
16 August 2022
Londonderry, Derry
11 August 2022
Lymington, Hampshire
4 August 2022
Merry Hill, Birmingham
28 July 2022
Monmouth, Monmouthshire
26 July 2022
Moorgate, London
21 July 2022
New Bond Street, London
19 July 2022
Newmarket, Suffolk
8 September 2022
New Malden, Greater London
1 September 2022
Omagh, Northern Ireland
16 August 2022
Peckham, London
2 August 2022
Perth, Perthshire
26 July 2022
Petersfield, Hampshire
22 September 2022
Pinner, Greater London
6 September 2022
Pontefract, West Yorkshire
20 September 2022
Ringwood, Hampshire
20 September 2022
Shirley, Warwickshire
29 September 2022
Sidmouth, East Devon
13 September 2022
St Annes-on-Sea, Lancashire
20 September 2022
Stowmarket, Suffolk
18 August 2022
Street, Somerset
4 August 2022
Strood, Kent
15 September 2022
Thame, Oxfordshire
9 August 2022
Thornbury, Gloucestershire
15 August 2022
Trafford Park, Manchester
4 October 2022
Uckfield, East Sussex
11 August 2022
Wandsworth, London
27 September 2022
Wellingborough, Northamptonshire
23 August 2022
Westfield, Stratford City, London
19 July 2022
Whitehaven, Cumbria
22 September 2022
Whiteladies Road, Bristol
29 September 2022
Woking, Surrey
28 July 2022
Woodbridge, Suffolk
25 August 2022
West Bridgeford, Nottingham
15 September 2022
The surprising ones for me here are the ones in Westfield Stratford City, I thought they'd close the branch in the Stratford Centre instead and Peckham which is closing only a couple of years after HSBC East Dulwich and Camberwell closed and sent branch users to Peckham. Customers will now have to go to Brixton, Lewisham or London Bridge which is a fair bus ride away for basic banking.
Re: The Barclays and other non-Lloyds/TSB Bank thread
Posted: Fri 18 Mar, 2022 14.18
by scottishtv
If you used the Inverness branch, it's 105 miles to the next nearest in Aberdeen. I guess they just don't really want the customers up there, or assume online & post office will be enough for them.
Re: The Barclays and other non-Lloyds/TSB Bank thread
Posted: Fri 18 Mar, 2022 19.35
by thegeek
Martin Phillp wrote: ↑Fri 18 Mar, 2022 00.24
The surprising ones for me here are the ones in Westfield Stratford City, I thought they'd close the branch in the Stratford Centre instead and Peckham which is closing only a couple of years after HSBC East Dulwich and Camberwell closed and sent branch users to Peckham. Customers will now have to go to Brixton, Lewisham or London Bridge which is a fair bus ride away for basic banking.
scottishtv wrote: ↑Fri 18 Mar, 2022 14.18
If you used the Inverness branch, it's 105 miles to the next nearest in Aberdeen. I guess they just don't really want the customers up there, or assume online & post office will be enough for them.
I guess they've got a pretty good idea of which branches get used and which don't. Two branches in Stratford has long felt like a bit of a luxury; but your average visitor to Westfield is more likely to be on board with internet banking than your average Stratford Centre shopper.
And I don't think the HSBC brand has ever really made much traction in Scotland. Have they even had more than one branch in Glasgow or Edinburgh?
Re: The Barclays and other non-Lloyds/TSB Bank thread
Posted: Fri 18 Mar, 2022 20.08
by scottishtv
thegeek wrote: ↑Fri 18 Mar, 2022 19.35And I don't think the HSBC brand has ever really made much traction in Scotland. Have they even had more than one branch in Glasgow or Edinburgh?
They opened a huge flagship branch on Princes Street in Edinburgh in 2006 in a former Burger King, but it was more about selling mortgages and other products. For banking services, the ground floor was filled with ATMs and a person with an iPad.
It was one of the 82 branches they closed last year, so now they do just have a single branch on Hanover Street.
Was surprised to see some smaller places like Stirling and Dumfries still had branches.
Re: The Barclays and other non-Lloyds/TSB Bank thread
Posted: Fri 18 Mar, 2022 22.21
by BBC TV Centre
Martin Phillp wrote: ↑Fri 18 Mar, 2022 00.24
The latest HSBC branch closures.
Amersham-on-the-Hill, Chiltern
23 August 2022
Angel (Islington), London
21 July 2022
Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire
25 August 2022
Bishop Auckland, Durham
23 August 2022
Barking, Essex
6 September 2022
Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire
4 August 2022
Beckenham, Greater London
8 September 2022
Billericay, Essex
8 September 2022
Bootle, Merseyside
6 October 2022
Borehamwood & Elstree, Hertfordshire
16 August 2022
Burgess Hill, West Sussex
13 September 2022
Cambridge, Hills Road
21 July 2022
Canton, Cardiff
4 October 2022
City of London
19 July 2022
Daventry, Northamptonshire
13 September 2022
Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
6 September 2022
Didsbury, Manchester
29 September 2022
East Grinstead, West Sussex
2 August 2022
Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
15 September 2022
Eltham, Greater London
18 August 2022
Falmouth, Cornwall
6 October 2022
Farnham, Surrey
2 August 2022
Gloucester Road, London
26 July 2022
Golders Green, London
18 August 2022
Hammersmith, London
28 July 2022
Hampstead (High Street), London
27 September 2022
Harborne, Birmingham
11 August 2022
Hartlepool, Durham
1 September 2022
Herne Bay, Kent
4 October 2022
Hoddeston, Hertfordshire
9 August 2022
Ilkeston, Derbyshire
22 September 2022
Inverness, Inverness-shire
27 September 2022
Keynsham, Somerset
1 September 2022
Kingston, Surrey
Date TBC
Leyland, Lancashire
16 August 2022
Londonderry, Derry
11 August 2022
Lymington, Hampshire
4 August 2022
Merry Hill, Birmingham
28 July 2022
Monmouth, Monmouthshire
26 July 2022
Moorgate, London
21 July 2022
New Bond Street, London
19 July 2022
Newmarket, Suffolk
8 September 2022
New Malden, Greater London
1 September 2022
Omagh, Northern Ireland
16 August 2022
Peckham, London
2 August 2022
Perth, Perthshire
26 July 2022
Petersfield, Hampshire
22 September 2022
Pinner, Greater London
6 September 2022
Pontefract, West Yorkshire
20 September 2022
Ringwood, Hampshire
20 September 2022
Shirley, Warwickshire
29 September 2022
Sidmouth, East Devon
13 September 2022
St Annes-on-Sea, Lancashire
20 September 2022
Stowmarket, Suffolk
18 August 2022
Street, Somerset
4 August 2022
Strood, Kent
15 September 2022
Thame, Oxfordshire
9 August 2022
Thornbury, Gloucestershire
15 August 2022
Trafford Park, Manchester
4 October 2022
Uckfield, East Sussex
11 August 2022
Wandsworth, London
27 September 2022
Wellingborough, Northamptonshire
23 August 2022
Westfield, Stratford City, London
19 July 2022
Whitehaven, Cumbria
22 September 2022
Whiteladies Road, Bristol
29 September 2022
Woking, Surrey
28 July 2022
Woodbridge, Suffolk
25 August 2022
West Bridgeford, Nottingham
15 September 2022
The surprising ones for me here are the ones in Westfield Stratford City, I thought they'd close the branch in the Stratford Centre instead and Peckham which is closing only a couple of years after HSBC East Dulwich and Camberwell closed and sent branch users to Peckham. Customers will now have to go to Brixton, Lewisham or London Bridge which is a fair bus ride away for basic banking.
It's probably costing them an arm and a leg for the branch in Westfield as opposed to the Stratford shopping centre, hence the likely reason for canning it. Or perhaps they got some favourable terms for being a tenant in Westfield, but the period is up, or they could be exercising the break clause in the lease.
Interestingly, my local Kingston branch features on there, with a TBC date.
There's actually two branches right opposite each other, one is the original one that is a bit ornate and became the business branch, and the one across the road used to be a massive Burger King, before being turned into a big HSBC.
Whether one survives the chop, or they all go it remains to be seen. HSBC seem to have had a thing for Kingston, there was a commercial branch next to the bridge, but that has recently shut too.
Re: The Barclays and other non-Lloyds/TSB Bank thread
Posted: Sat 19 Mar, 2022 02.35
by Martin Phillp
I popped into Barclays today which is now the only bank branch left locally and despite more customers using online banking, there was still a base of customers who were either elderly, disabled or those who don't have access to the internet using the bank which was heaving.
The queue for the single counter, which is supposedly for customers who wish to withdraw money of £300 or more was longer than the one for the self-service terminals.
You can use the Post Office for "basic banking" but there are still more complex issues which for some customers is still best served at a branch rather than online or on a phone.