The closures were attributed to more customers going online and post offices offering banking services.
Ratings agency Moody's has upgraded debt ratings of Barclays after the UK bank sold its French retail banking unit.
Oil and gas stocks rose on crude production cuts, but leading indices slid as Barclays unveil French retail banking unit sale.
Traders look ahead to Italy's reform referendum on Sunday and hope it will not spark market panic next week.
Barclays and Standard Chartered fall short but will not have to increase capital strength.
Nervous traders look ahead to key bank health tests revealed by the Bank of England later this week.
The British bank is looking to take on investment advisory rivals such as Hargreaves Lansdown.
New devices mean you'll be able to withdraw £100 with your smartphone using Barclays' new cash machines.
IBTimes speaks to Todd McDonald from R3, Dr Lee Braine from Barclays, and Sean Murphy from Norton Rose Fulbright.
Top flight shares move higher on the back of strong gains made in Asian markets overnight.
Barclays admitted some customer accounts have had payments wrongly deducted from their balance.
Traders shrug off GDP growth and focus on signs of rising inflation next year.
Hackers posing as customer support staff on Twitter to hoodwink customers into divulging credentials.
The bank said it is still in the process of selling off its Africa business.
Terms of the Libor litigation settlement between Barclays and UBS and the bondholders were not revealed.
Barclays will have to break the master services agreement with its African subsidiary and work out a new one.
Business leaders in Brazil, US and China are most optimistic about the UK start-up environment.
Tony Craddock of the Emerging Payments Association discusses shortage of transaction banking services for fintechs and non-bank payments companies.
Top flight stocks struggle for direction after ECB hold rates as expected.
Which? says that less than half of the banks tested provide customers with a "two-factor" authentication system.
Builder's merchant Travis Perkins led the fallers after announcing up to 600 job cuts and worsening conditions.
Rising commodity prices and inflation buoys top flight shares.