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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/yourmoney/consumer/article-14703791/major-bank-sparks-alarm-plans-shutter-38-branches-weeks.html
. . .
Most of the big banks HAVE been doing the same.
In PART it's because they did the McDonalds/BK,
the Walgreens/CVS, thing ... ONE opens a site and
the other JUST HAS TO open one right across
the road. Together, not enough biz for either,
money lost.
The other part is the now-contracting property
bubble. Loans made that may never be paid back.
This happened not SO long ago - but nobody EVER
learns a damned thing.
(there seems to be a small influential faction
that makes money whether shit goes up OR down)
The overall global money/employment picture has
not changed too much over the last years and
likely won't change much soon. EVENTUALLY - mostly
due to 'AI' displacing workers - but not YET.
Oh, and I haven't heard of a single nation
addressing WHAT to do with all those 'AI'-
displaced workers ............
Soylent Green ? :-)
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