Two West Cumbrian bank branches are set to close this year.
Maryport’s TSB branch on Senhouse Street is among 70 branches earmarked for the axe.
It will close on May 10.
The bank said: “The way customers bank with us is changing, with the vast majority of everyday transactions now being made digitally.
“Over 2.2 million of our customers now choose to bank online, and over 1.6 million use our mobile banking app. Even before COVID-19 customers were choosing other ways to bank with us, and we now have 44 per cent using services at our cash machines and 24 per cent using a Post Office.
“We have supported over 1.1 million customers through our online chat service, and our customers continue to use our telephone and new video banking services.
“We remain committed to face-to-face services through a branch network that covers the whole country, and over 90 per cent of our customers are within a 20-minute drive to their closest branch.
“However, we need to make sure our branches meet the current and future needs of our customers, so we’ve looked carefully at our branches and how they are used, and we’ve taken the decision to close some of them.”
TSB’s other branch in West Cumbria in Whitehaven is to remain open.
But Whitehaven’s HSBC bank will also close in September.
The bank is closing 69 branches in total, affecting about 400 staff. It also said the shift to online banking had prompted the move.
