One Merseyside town has no banks, despite being home to over 20,000 people.
Following the closure of NatWest last year, Earlestown town centre now has no remaining bank branches, unusual for a town of its size. As a result, many of those wanting to deposit cash into their bank accounts would have to travel to the nearest branch outside the town- St Helens in most cases.
This causes particular on elderly customers, who would now have to travel around half an hour on public transport to their nearest bank branch. One person told the ECHO: "It's just a massive pain, we are a town of over 20,000 people and we don't even have one bank."
