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Tag: Bank Closures

As Barclays shuts yet another branch, meet the community bank that hasn’t closed its doors

Thursday, December 7, 2023Monday, December 11, 2023

Not-for-profit Smart Money Cymru is a credit union that turned itself into a bank for the benefit of the community.

Disabled people discriminated against in move to ‘cashless society’

Tuesday, October 24, 2023Tuesday, October 24, 2023

Disabled people are being discriminated against by shops and restaurants that refuse to accept cash, a Senedd committee has heard.

Pop-up HSBC bank trial coming to Blackwood after branch closure

Thursday, October 5, 2023Thursday, October 5, 2023

HSBC has said the purpose of this trial is to see “how and where we can best support our customers throughout 2024 and beyond”.

Lloyds Bank expects to reopen Caerphilly branch in coming weeks

Thursday, August 24, 2023Friday, August 25, 2023

Lloyds Bank’s Caerphilly town branch has been closed while building work is carried out around it.

Barclays staff to be based at library when Caerphilly town branch closes

Tuesday, August 8, 2023Tuesday, August 8, 2023

Barclays Bank has said its staff will be based at Caerphilly Library for three days a week when it closes its town centre branch in October this year.

Final day for Blackwood’s HSBC branch as it closes its doors for good

Tuesday, July 25, 2023Tuesday, July 25, 2023

Blackwood High Street has now lost another bank following the closure of HSBC, which closed for good on Tuesday July 25.

Caerphilly town hit with another bank closure

Thursday, July 20, 2023Thursday, July 20, 2023

Caerphilly’s Halifax bank branch, on Castle Court Shopping Centre, will permanently close on November 30 this year.

Politicians condemn announcement that Barclays Caerphilly is closing

Monday, July 17, 2023

According to Barclays, just 12 customers regularly use the branch, on Cardiff Road.

Barclays announce closure of Caerphilly town branch

Monday, July 17, 2023Monday, July 17, 2023

Barclays is to close its Caerphilly town branch in three months’ time – its third announced bank closure in the county borough this year.

“Devastating” – Barclays Bank confirms closure of Bargoed branch

Friday, January 20, 2023Friday, January 20, 2023

Barclays Bank has confirmed its branch in Bargoed town centre will close this April, citing a fall in the number of customers who use it.

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