{"id":67958,"date":"2017-10-02T12:00:22","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T05:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/current-account-and-a-coffee-its-the-bank-with-a-barista\/"},"modified":"2017-10-02T13:03:13","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T06:03:13","slug":"current-account-and-a-coffee-its-the-bank-with-a-barista","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/current-account-and-a-coffee-its-the-bank-with-a-barista\/","title":{"rendered":"Current account and a coffee? It\u2019s the bank with a barista"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nMany banks are closing high street branches, but Lloyds is launching a whole new conceptIt looks like a US tech giant\u2019s office, complete with its own coffee shop, chic \u201cbreakout pods\u201d, the latest biometric technology and an events programme. But it\u2019s actually a new Lloyds Bank branch in Manchester. Welcome to the new world of the bank super branch.At a time when many high street banks are axing branches at an alarming rate, Lloyds this week opened the doors on its most expensive branch ever \u2013 refurbished at a cost of \u00a33m. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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