An MP says the closure of face-to-face banking services has left small businesses and communities "struggling".
South Devon MP Caroline Voaden said the closure of 6,000 bank and building society branches nationally in the last 10 years had "the biggest impact on the most vulnerable people, the elderly, the disabled, those who can't use online services".
The Liberal Democrat told a parliamentary debate that the closure of the last bank in Totnes, Devon, meant people faced a 13-mile (21km) round-trip to Paignton to visit the last remaining branch in her constituency.
Link, which runs banking hubs, said it was "satisfied" communities had "good access to cash" through post offices and cash machines.
Totnes artist Fiona Green, 83, who uses the bank for paying in and withdrawing cash, said it was "a long haul" to Paignton, and it could be "a real problem" for people who
Bank Branch Closures Hit Rural Communities, MP Says