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Lloyds Banking Group is closing 49 more high street branches across the UK. To offset losses, 11 new shared banking hubs have been confirmed in towns nationwide (Photo: SUSANNAH IRELAND/AFP via Getty Images)

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A man takes money from a cash machine at a branch of Lloyds Bank. The banking group will close 49 branches across the UK between January and October 2026 (Photo: Carl Court/Getty Images)

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Midland Bank began life as the Birmingham and Midland Bank in 1836 and grew rapidly, becoming Midland Bank in 1923. Between the end of the First World War and the 1940 it was reportedly the biggest bank in the world. It was bought in 1992 by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) in what was then one of the largest deals in banking history and was renamed HSBC Bank in 1999. This photo shows a Midland Bank branch on White Lane, Gleadless, Sheffield, in June 1986.

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Customers use a NatWest bank on the High Street in Winchester, south west England on March 31, 2021. (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS / AFP) (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)

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A rise in online travel bookings was also flagged as a reason for the closures, with the group saying that just 47% holidays were booked in store this year while online sales in the UK grew by 27%.

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