Santander branches across the Midlands are set to close.
Six sites run by the Spanish banking group have been tabled for closure as part of 95 across the º£½ÇÊÓƵ. The move has placed a total of 750 jobs at risk.
The affected branches in the Midlands are Kidderminster in Worcestershire and Louth in Lincolnshire, both of which will close in mid-June.
A trio of branches will close during July - Malvern in Worcestershire, Market Harborough in Leicestershire and Ross-On-Wye in Herefordshire.
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Finally, the branch in Droitwich, Worcestershire, will also shut but a date has not yet been announced.
Job losses could impact around four per cent of its 18,000-strong º£½ÇÊÓƵ payroll.
The group will be recruiting 95 new community bankers in the locations where it is shutting branches and said it hoped to redeploy some of the affected workers into these jobs.
In addition to the closures, Santander said it planned to cut the opening hours of 36 sites to three days per week from July - either Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays or Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
A further 18 branches will change to be self-service, counter-free branches from June 16 but there will be staff present to offer support.
The programme of change affects a third of its network of 444 branches, leaving 290 to continue operating as full-service sites and five as so-called 'work cafés'.
This latest round of closures follows a similar programme in 2021 when the bank shut 111 branches, representing around a fifth of its network at the time, as part of a previous major review.
A statement from Santander said: "As customer behaviour changes, we are ensuring that our branches remain fit for the future.
"Our new combination of full-service branches, alongside work cafés, counter-free and reduced-hours branches, aims to provide the right balance between digital banking and face-to-face money management and guidance.
"Closing a branch is always a very difficult decision and we spend a great deal of time assessing where and when we do this and how to minimise the impact it may have on our customers."
