THERE will be no reprieve for TSB customers in Port Glasgow after the banking giant confirmed the town will not be added to its list of new 'pop-up' services.
The TSB recently announced the launch of 43 of them in the UK, including 19 in Scotland, after making a raft of branch closures.
The Princes Street branch is due to shut in June.
Town councillor Jim MacLeod says when the Royal Bank of Scotland closed down its branch in Kilmacolm, it provided a mobile service.
He said: "I feel really aggrieved.
"There are a lot of people and older people living in the town centre.
"Although more and more people and becoming IT literate there is still a substantial amount who don't use the internet or are fearful of doing banking over the phone.
"I am not happy with TSB, at the very least they could do something to help their customers - instead they have 'cut and run'."
Bank bosses say the pop-ups are based in locations where it takes customers longer than 20 minutes to travel to their nearest TSB branch.
Director of branch banking, Carol Anderson, said: “The pop-up service will support our customers in parts of the country where it takes longer to get to a branch.
"The pop-ups will test demand for these types of services, giving us insight on what more we can do for customers in the future.”
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