As mobile banking apps take off, Bank of Scotland has made a £300,000 investment in the more traditional mobile banking on wheels.
The bank has demonstrated its commitment to further-flung customers by replacing three mobile branches which serve more than 50 local communities in Perth, Lerwick in Shetland, and Aberdeenshire.
The bank said new vans would replace the three existing vehicles that have between them driven over 200,000 miles covering villages, schools, retirement homes, community groups and worksites.
Robin Bulloch, Bank of Scotland managing director, said: "Mobile branches provide a vital lifeline to customers in some of the most remote communities in Scotland and I am delighted we are continuing to invest in this crucial service. Many people in rural areas live miles from their nearest branch and have limited access to transport. Having access to a mobile branch can make a real difference, giving people full control of their finances while ensuring financial inclusion."
The bank operates four other mobile branches, in Brodick on the isle of Arran, Oban, Portree on Skye, and Gairloch.
Mr Bulloch added: "As well as putting these new vehicles on the road and investing in branches, we are also putting a lot of effort into improving our digital capabilities, including the launch of a new mobile app for Bank of Scotland earlier this year."
The bank launched its first fleet of mobile banks in 1963. The new Perth vehicle will arrive this week, the others in early spring.
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article