MSPquestions RBSdecision

Roseanna Cunningham MSP has raised further questions with Royal Bank of Scotland officials over their decision to close rural branches including the one in Comrie.

The member for the Perthshire South and Kinross-shire constituency has been pushing for more transparency from the bank.

And Ms Cunningham has written once again to RBS asking for them to provide further detail on the statistics used in their determinations on whether to close or retain Royal Bank of Scotland branches such as Comrie and Kinross in her constituency.

She said:“While I was happy to receive the news that the Comrie branch has been granted a reprieve until the end of 2018, I am extremely concerned that it is simply a stay of execution and I want there to be real transparency applied to the basis on which these decisions are being made.

“I want RBS to look into this matter further and provide accurate figures detailing the actual usage and the number of transactions for each branch.

“We all know that people are accessing banking services by a variety of means these days but it is wrong to claim the percentage figures of those banking in other ways, such as online or by telephone, as justifications since this does not reflect the fact that many of these customers will still visit their local branch for some transactions.”