{"id":6000,"date":"2014-07-05T21:07:50","date_gmt":"2014-07-06T03:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/?p=6000"},"modified":"2014-07-05T21:07:50","modified_gmt":"2014-07-06T03:07:50","slug":"the-era-of-the-traditional-bank-branch-is-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/?p=6000","title":{"rendered":"The era of the traditional bank branch is dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/finance\/newsbysector\/banksandfinance\/10948204\/The-era-of-the-traditional-bank-branch-is-dead-says-BBA.html\">James<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The head of the group which represents Britain\u2019s biggest banks has called time on the traditional high street branch in the wake of the continued rise of online banking.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;In a landmark series of comments, Anthony Browne, chief executive of the British Bankers Association (BBA), has admitted that \u201cbranch numbers will continue to fall\u201d and that those who call for a return to branch banking are \u201cout of kilter with what millions of customers want\u201d.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;Writing in The Sunday Telegraph, Mr Browne discloses that new research conducted by the BBA shows that three out of four Britons use either mobile or internet banking each month.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;Pointing to the image of Dad\u2019s Army\u2019s Capt Mainwaring as the traditional bank manager some wish would re-emerge, Mr Brown says that the \u201csupposed golden age of banking\u201d is a myth. \u201cThe way we bank now is far easier and faster,\u201d he adds.<br \/>&nbsp;However, Mr Browne stopped short of saying that branches will disappear altogether, highlighting their use for mortgage discussions or resolving complaints.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James: The head of the group which represents Britain\u2019s biggest banks has called time on the traditional high street branch in the wake of the continued rise of online banking.&nbsp;&nbsp;In a landmark series of comments, Anthony Browne, chief executive of the British Bankers Association (BBA), has admitted that \u201cbranch numbers will continue to fall\u201d and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6000"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6000"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6001,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6000\/revisions\/6001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}