{"id":50052,"date":"2021-02-12T15:50:19","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T15:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=50052"},"modified":"2021-02-12T15:50:21","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T15:50:21","slug":"residents-in-barry-campaign-to-save-their-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2021\/02\/12\/residents-in-barry-campaign-to-save-their-bank\/","title":{"rendered":"Residents in Barry campaign to save their bank"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The HSBC branch on Holton Road is set to close in September<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A PETITION to stop the closure of a HSBC bank in Barry has gathered over 160 signatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The HSBC branch on Holton Road is due to close on September 3 this year as part of a nationwide closure of 82 branches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But local Liberal Democrat candidates have begun a campaign to keep the branch open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is a bitter blow for residents of Barry,\u201d said Lib Dem candidate, Sally Stephenson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe HSBC bank is a vital lifeline for many of our local businesses and elderly residents, some of whom aren\u2019t able to do online banking.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.valelibdems.wales\/save_barry_hsbc\">The petition<\/a> urges HSBC to reverse its decision to close the branch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to HSBC, the nationwide closures are largely due to the rise of online banking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe number of customers using branches has fallen by a third in the last five years,\u201d said HSBC UK\u2019s Head of Network, Jackie Uhi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNine in ten of all customer contact with us is over the phone, internet or smartphone, in addition to talking to over 100k customers a week on social media.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, according to HSBC\u2019s own statistics, 22% of the Holton Road branch\u2019s customers rely on \u2018in branch\u2019 banking alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And locals are worried about elderly and vulnerable customers who only bank in person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLosing the Barry branch of HSBC will be a blow for many residents and local businesses,\u201d said Lib Dem Senedd candidate, Rodney Berman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNot everyone has the facilities or capability to do online banking, including many of or our older residents who may struggle with using digital services.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the Holton Road branch does close, the nearest fully accessible HSBC branch will be around 6.6 miles away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All accounts currently managed by HSBC\u2019s Holton Road branch will also be transferred to its Penarth branch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other HSBC branch closures in the local area include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Ely Valley Road, Talbot Green on May 14, 2021<\/li><li>Newport Road, Cardiff on May 28, 2021<\/li><li>Taff Street, Pontypridd on July 16, 2021<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s how the Holton Road branch stacks up against other local branch closures:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart\" data-src=\"visualisation\/5277703\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Berman added: \u201cWith the nearest alternative branches of HSBC being in Penarth, Cardiff or Cowbridge, it will undoubtedly be hugely inconvenient to no longer have a branch in Barry with lots of people now having to make a much longer journey to get to the bank.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart\" data-src=\"visualisation\/5279215\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt will also reduce footfall to the town centre which may have a knock-on impact on trade for local businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thankfully, it looks as though local jobs will be largely unaffected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe aim to redeploy all customer service colleagues who are impacted by these branch closures into suitable nearby locations,\u201d said HSBC Senior Media Relations Manager, Steve Gracey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The HSBC branch on Holton Road in Barry is set to close in September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":550,"featured_media":50077,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[7059,5002,5003,3764],"coauthors":[6727],"class_list":["post-50052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-barry","tag-bank-closure","tag-banking","tag-banks","tag-hsbc"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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