PHOTO:RICKY WILSON/STUFF ASB says many customers switched to online banking during the Covid-19 lockdown.
ASB is closing nine branches permanently, while another 25 branches will only open for three days each week.
ASB’s executive general manager retail banking Craig Sims said it wasn’t easy closing branches, but said some were only visited by two or three customers a day.
No jobs would be lost through the closures, and the bank had begun recruiting more than 150 people to work across its phone, online and branch network, Sims said.
Five of the branches closing are in Auckland, with branches also closing in Hamilton, Papamoa, Christchurch and Mosgiel.
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