RBS to close 162 branches

By Frances Ivens2018-05-01T12:55:00

The Royal Bank of Scotland has announced it is closing 162 branches across the UK resulting in the loss of 792 jobs.

RBS had planned to form a new “challenger” bank but the business is no longer going ahead meaning its business in England and Wales, and Natwest in Scotland, were facing geographic duplication.

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