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Barclays Bank East Dulwich closing


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Barclays Bank East Dulwich will be closing as from 12:00 pm Friday 2nd December.

This is terrible news. When I first moved to East Dulwich in 1980 this branch used

to open on a Saturday and provided a good service.

The service here has been eroded over recent years.


Alternative Barclays sevices will now be available in Peckham and Brixton.


DulwichFox

Unfortunately for those who don't, most people use online banking these days, and more and more banks now mainly or solely use apps.


So the banks can't really keep branches open for fewer and fewer customers.


I agree it can be a pain, but as pointed out on another thread, you can use the Post Office for paying in cash or cheques.


Things change in over forty years! 🙂

One bug bear when banks close is that they tend to remove their cash points at the same time resulting in it harder to get cash without resorting to a "pay to withdraw" machine


Banks seem to be driving the use of contactless by removing the cash points citing more people are using contactless (but not always by choice)


So the banks can't really keep branches open for fewer and fewer customers.



No, not if they want to keep up their massive profits and bankers bonuses!!!!


Every time I go in to Barclays to use a service that can only be done at the counter, (because the machines don't have the capability) there is always a long queue of people also waiting for services that can only be done at the counter.


The closure of the last bank in East Dulwich is an absolute scandal and, be in no doubt, is done to maximise bank profits. Many of these bank buildings remain empty for a long time as they are difficult and expensive to convert to other uses. The departing banks should be made to provide funds to regenerate the buildings they leave empty and unused.

Oops! This bit of the reply was mine. Only quoted the first sentence above from Sue!




No, not if they want to keep up their massive profits and bankers bonuses!!!!


Every time I go in to Barclays to use a service that can only be done at the counter, (because the machines don't have the capability) there is always a long queue of people also waiting for services that can only be done at the counter.


The closure of the last bank in East Dulwich is an absolute scandal and, be in no doubt, is done to maximise bank profits. Many of these bank buildings remain empty for a long time as they are difficult and expensive to convert to other uses. The departing banks should be made to provide funds to regenerate the buildings they leave empty and unused.

Yes I copied it to general issues because I think it's a very important issue and think it will get more coverage than in ED businesses.


Not sure what can be done but I think it's another nail in the coffin of the high street and shoes a complete disregard for the needs of customers v the aim of banks to maximise profits. There are many things that can still only be done at a bank counter.

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