Branch Today, Gone Tomorrow: The Case for the Death of Branch Banking

In the wake of the global financial crisis, retail bankers face another equally challenging shift to their business in the near term – the demise of the branch. In the UK, one bank branch has closed everyday since 1990. In the US, transaction volume in-branch will be down almost 60% between the period 2006-2015. In developed economies, consumer visits to bank branches have been down 80-90%. Yet today most banks spend more than 80% of their channels budget on branch real estate, staffing and...