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Westpac axes more branches

Westpac will close another 24 branches shortly, taking the number of branch closures recently to more than 100.

Westpac will close branches under the Westpac, Bank of Melbourne and St George brands in Victoria, South Australia, Queensland and Western Australia.

The Finance Sector Union said 76 staff would lose their jobs in Westpac’s “return to its aggressive branch closure program”.

The bank’s Australian branch numbers fell by 80 to 851 over the year to the end of September 2021, while New Zealand branch numbers fell by 18 to 116.

 

 

 

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