Nationwide building society how many branches

Retail banking. Branch banking. Editorial what does this mean? This content has been selected, created and edited by the Finextra editorial team based upon its relevance and interest to our community. Nationwide to close branches; reduce opening hours 24 March 7. Core hours for most branches will now be 10am until 2pm from Monday to Friday, and 9am until 12pm on Saturday, with increased distancing between employees and members to give greater confidence and safety.

Nationwide, which has around branches, says needed to close around 50 branches due to low staffing. However, around are operating with the core reduced hours, while the remaining branches have individual opening hours due to local variations. Nationwide recently introduced early opening sessions for older people and those with underlying health conditions.

The Society says the service was well-received, but has abandoned the initiative in light of new Government guidelines on social distances. Face-to-face interviews in branches will also be stopped as staff focus on providing critical counter services only. Those with pre-booked appointments - for example personal banking, mortgages or financial planning - are being contacted separately to arrange alternative ways of communicating, such as telephone or Nationwide Now - a service that enables customers to visit a branch and talk to someone over a high-definition video link.

There will be a two-metre distance rule between staff and customers at all times, while numbers of people in branches will be restricted to ensure rules around space can be controlled as much as possible.

We remain open and we will try to keep as many of our branches open while we are able to. Ironically, the Sawbridgeworth branch's website has the slogan "Here today, here tomorrow" — residents fear it will be more a case of "gone tomorrow". Fears for older customers after Nationwide cuts opening hours at Sawbridgeworth branch By Chris Carter -. Published: , 22 October Updated: , 24 October Picture: Vikki Lince It further stated: "The pandemic, and the changes it enforced on us, then opened our eyes to all the different ways we could serve our members needs from our branches.

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