Michael\u00a0has said discussions with Barclays regarding the announced closure of their Farningham branch have been \u2018constructive\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u2018There is a regrettable trend away from high street banks to online banking, which is understandable but can leave local businesses and customers dependent on the bank with few other options\u2019, Michael\u00a0said.\u00a0 \u2018That\u2019s why it\u2019s important that Barclays now support the community in delivering alternative banking provision.\u2019<\/p>\n
In their letter to Michael, Barclays said 74 customers have been identified as being dependent on the Farningham branch.\u00a0 Barclays have assured Michael\u00a0that they will contact each of these customers to ensure they have a better understanding of the alternative banking options available.<\/p>\n
\u2018I welcome the support Barclays plans to provide in our area during this transitional period\u2019, Michael\u00a0said.\u00a0 \u2018Our job now is to ensure that customers and businesses do receive this support and that local premises that can offer full banking services for customers and businesses are able to do so.\u2019<\/p>\n
Michael\u00a0has contacted Barclays for a further meeting.\u00a0 He hopes to organise an event in the constituency whereby customers dependent on the Farningham branch are trained in accessing alternative banking safely and securely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Michael\u00a0has said discussions with Barclays regarding the announced closure of their Farningham branch have been \u2018constructive\u2019. \u2018There is a regrettable trend away from high street banks to online banking, which is understandable but can leave local businesses and customers dependent on the bank with few other options\u2019, Michael\u00a0said.\u00a0 \u2018That\u2019s why it\u2019s important that Barclays now … Continue reading “Barclays Bank’s Response ‘Constructive’”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[557,519,89,558,556,527,497],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1791"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1791"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1807,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1791\/revisions\/1807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}