Mortgage Business
ANZ to close 15 regional branches
By Malavika Santhebennur
21 April 2021
The major bank has announced the closure of 15 regional branches, citing customer shift away from branches and into remote banking.
ANZ has said that it will shut down 15 branches in regional Australia in NSW, Victoria and Western Australia, between June and October 2021.
According to the Finance Sector Union (FSU), since January 2020, ANZ has announced the closure of 146 branches.
The union said that branch closure locations include:
NSW: Forster, Cooma, Ulladulla, Salamander Bay, Casino, Cowra, Cootamundra, Leeton and Kempsey;
Victoria: Bacchus Marsh and Lakes Entrance; and
Western Australia: Wongan Hills, Bassendean, Baldivis and Beverley.