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Nov 2022
Harrogate and Ripon have been spared its HSBC banks shutting after the company announced a raft of closures today.
The bank said it will close 114 branches from April 2023.
HSBC UK said the closures were down to a change in customer habits and that it would invest “tens of millions of pounds” in its remaining banks.
Among the closures include branches in nearby Wetherby and Skipton.
However, Ripon’s branch on Westgate and Harrogate’s on Prospect Crescent have been spared closure.
The HSBC – which has no external cash machine – is Ripon's sole remaining bank branch after Halifax closed on November 14.
The Halifax closed less than three months after the long-established Barclays branch closed its doors for good on August 25.
Jackie Uhi, HSBC UK’s managing director of UK distribution, said:
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