Major banks shutter 145 locations in just five weeks as branch closures accelerate... here's the full list
Major US banks closed 145 branches in just five weeks, as experts warn communities are being left without vital services.
Banks - including Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo - filed notice to shut the locations between February 7 and March 14.
It comes after a further 107 locations were lined up to shut between January 12 and February 6
Financial institutions must notify the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) of their planned closures. It does not mean they will all shut, but in most cases they do.
The OCC publishes these filings in a weekly report. While the listings indicate intent to close, they are not final confirmations.
Flagstar bank led the closures with 44 locations set to get the chop as 2025 looks set to see the worst wave of branch closures on record. Scroll down to see the full searchable list.
Flagstar did not immediately respond to DailyMail.com's request for comment.
TD Bank, filed notice to shutter the second most at 38, in the last five weeks of available data. The bank admitted some staff will lose their jobs as a result of the 'difficult decision' to close locations.
Major US banks closed a total of 1,043 branches over the course of last year, leaving communities with dwindling local services
'We are committed to making this transition as smooth as possible for customers and look forward to serving them at one of our 1000+ TD Bank locations or through our digital banking products and services,' a spokesperson for the bank told DailyMail.com.
'Some TD colleagues will be impacted by the store consolidation.'
It comes as the bank, which has more than 1,000 branches across the country, continues to roil from massive penalties related to failures in its anti-money laundering controls.
The closures will occur on June 5 and will be spread across 10 states including six each in New Jersey and Massachusetts, five in New York, four in New Hampshire and Maine, and three in Pennsylvania and Florida.
Bank of America, which closed the most locations of any bank last year, filed to close nine locations. Chase also registered plans for nine closures.
Experts have warned that branch closures are set to accelerate this year, with a further 4.11 percent decrease on last year's 1,043 closures.
'Retail bank closures in the US aren't slowing, and in fact our research shows that the last time this many people relied on a local bank branch was in 1995,' Darren Kingman from Root Digital who worked on the Self Financial study told DailyMail.com.
'There's no doubt we're moving towards a cashless society but this increase in people per bank branch and the fact over 200 million Americans still make cash deposits will only mean longer wait times in banks and a potentially a lower overall customer experience,' Kingman explained.
TD Bank has filed to close 38 branches across the US
Bank of America closed the most locations of any bank last year
The closure of bricks-and-mortar branches can also be a particular struggle for the elderly, who struggle to operate services such as mobile banking.
Travelling out of town to another branch can also present another hurdle.
Another recent study found that 45 percent of Americans still prefer to carry out their banking needs in person.
'The shift towards online banking is growing more intense in 2025,' GoBankingRates lead data content researcher Andrew Murray told DailyMail.com.
'Despite the trend towards online banking, our survey data shows more than half of Americans are concerned about the rising number of physical branches that have shut down in the past few years,' Murray explained.
More than half of respondents said they were concerned about the rising number of physical bank branch closures over the last few years.
Meanwhile, new research recently revealed that the last physical bank branch could close in the US in 2041.
Experts from Self Financial reached the number by studying the rate of net closures across the country, which has averaged 1,646 each year since 2018.
