NAT WEST say that they are to close their branch in Abertillery and reduce the opening hours of their branches in Chepstow and Monmouth.

The move comes as the bank announced a series of closures across Wales. The Abertillery branch will shut sometime between 9 and 11 August while the changes to opening hours will take effect from August 15.

NatWest say they have reached an agreement with the local Post Office, which is 0.1 miles away from the branch so that our customers can pay money in, take money out, check balances and business customers can get coinage.

A spokesman said: "Customers are increasingly using alternative ways to bank with us, such as online and mobile banking. As a result, branch transactions have fallen 46% since 2010 whilst online and mobile transactions have grown by 400%. Only 9% of their total transactions are now undertaken in branches compared to 25% in 2010."