It means that the city’s High Street will be home to one of just 244 full-service branches. It allows for in-person banking, paying in, and cash withdrawals, with two ATM machines on the building’s outside. The Spain-based banking giant said the closures are part of an overhaul of its store network linked to a shift towards its digital services. It explained that 96 percent of all transactions are now being completed through those channels after a rapid increase in online banking customers. A spokeswoman for Santander said: “In response to a continuing and sizeable shift towards customers using digital banking, we are making changes to our branches to better support our customers.