That the Parliament welcomes the opening of a new banking hub in Cowdenbeath; notes that the hub will provide a range of traditional bank counter services, including cash withdrawals and deposits, cheque deposits and utility bill payments; further notes that the hub will support community banker services from Barclays, TSB and Royal Bank of Scotland; understands that the hub is currently situated on a temporary basis within the 99 Market Place store, 315-317 High St, Cowdenbeath, before eventually moving to a permanent home in the former TSB building at 92 High Street, Cowdenbeath, and recognises what it considers to be the importance of such a facility to those within communities who, it understands, for a variety of reasons, have been excluded and isolated by the shift towards electronic banking and what it sees as the disappearance of local branch banking services.
Supported by:
Karen Adam, Jeremy Balfour, Colin Beattie, Miles Briggs, Alexander Burnett, Stephanie Callaghan, Jackie Dunbar, Kenneth Gibson, Dr Pam Gosal MBE, Clare Haughey, Bill Kidd, Fulton MacGregor, Ruth Maguire, Liam McArthur, Paul McLennan, Stuart McMillan, Audrey Nicoll, Alex Rowley, Alexander Stewart, Kevin Stewart, Paul Sweeney, Annie Wells, Tess White