The Australian towns where the nearest bank branch is nearly 1,000km away

Commonwealth Bank, NAB and BankWest all continue to have physical bank branches in Kununurra, WA, however, local Shayne Stewart says it is a “good day when they’re open”. Photograph: Jennifer Ennion/AAP

If you are a Westpac customer in the town of Kununurra, Western Australia, you now need to cross the border and travel almost 1,000km to your nearest branch.

The remote WA town is one of about 100 regional centres across Australia that has lost, or will lose, their local bank this financial year, according to data compiled by the Financial Services Union and Guardian Australia.