High street bank reveals closing date for local branch

THE Royal Bank of Scotland has revealed a closing date for one of its Glasgow branches.

The RBS store on Paisley Road West in the city’s Cardonald area will shut down on Tuesday, September 17.

It comes after we recently reported the bank revealed it would be closing a fifth of its branches – putting more than 100 jobs at risk.

Revealing the closing date for the Southside branch, the bank – which is owned by NatWest – said its customers “are using digital banking more than ever before”.

According to the firm, between 2019 and 2024, counter transactions at the branch have decreased by 56%.

Several other RBS branches are set to close across Greater Glasgow including

Charing Cross West, East Kilbride, Wishaw and Rutherglen West.

A spokesperson for the Royal Bank of Scotland said: “Our customers are using digital banking more than ever before – over 80% of our active current account holders now use our digital services and over 97% of retail accounts with us are now opened online.

“While we are increasingly engaging our customers digitally, our branch network remains important to us.

“We commit to no further review of our Royal Bank of Scotland branch network until at least 2026.”

Once the bank has closed in September, the RBS has said customers can make use of banking services at any Post Office.