It said 96% of all transactions are now being completed in digital channels after a rapid increase in online banking customers. The Lloyds Banking Group, which runs Lloyds, Halifax and the Bank of Scotland, will shut 71 branches across 2026. Among those planned closures are 40 Lloyds bank branches, 14 Halifax location and 17 Bank of Scotland sites. Halifax and Lloyds have already begun closing branches this year, with 24 either shut, or set to shut, in January. Halifax bank closuresHavant – January 1Seaford – January 1Middleton – January 8Yeovil – January 12Wandsworth, London – January 15Deal – January 22Hastings – January 22Skipton – January 26Lloyds bank closures