HSBC has said it will shut 69 bank branches amid the shift to online banking in a move affecting around 400 staff.

Two Scottish location - its Inverness and Perth branches - are affected.

Jackie Uhi, the head of HSBC UK’s Branch Network, said: “The way people bank is changing - something the pandemic has accelerated.

“Our branches continue to support people with their more complex banking needs, but the way we can do this has also evolved, with the addition of banking hubs, community pop ups and continued use of the Post Office network.

“Rather than a one-size fits all branch approach, it’s an approach built around the way different customers are choosing to bank in different areas."

The following stores will close in July

City of London 
Westfield Stratford City 
New Bond Street 
Cambridge, Hills Road
Moorgate 
Angel Islington 
Gloucester Road 
Monmouth 
Perth 
Hammersmith
Merry Hill
Woking 

These branches will close in August

East Grinstead 
Leyland
Peckham
Omagh 
Farnham
Borehamwood & Elstree 
Beaconsfield 
Golders Green 
Stowmarket 
Lymington 
Eltham
Sidcup 
Wellingborough 
Thame 
Amersham-on-the-Hill 
Hoddesdon 
Bishop Auckland 
Birmingham, Harborne 
Ashby-de-la-Zouch 
Derry 
Woodbridge 
Uckfield
Thornbury 

These branches will shut in September

New Malden 
Strood 
Hartlepool 
St Annes-on-Sea 
Keynsham 
Ringwood 
Pinner 
Pontefract
Dewsbury 
Ilkeston 
Barking 
Petersfield 
Newmarket 
Whitehaven 
Billericay 
Hampstead, High Street 
Beckenham
Inverness 
Sidmouth 
Wandsworth 
Burgess Hill 
Manchester, Didsbury 
Daventry
Bristol, Whiteladies Road 
Nottingham, West Bridgford
Shirley 
Ellesmere Port

These branches will shut in October 

Herne Bay 
Falmouth 
Manchester, Trafford Park 
Bootle 
Cardiff, Canton