Nationwide Building Society pledges to keep branches open

Kevin PeacheyCost of living correspondentGetty ImagesThe UK's biggest building society, the Nationwide, has pledged to keep all of its 696 branches open until at least 2030.This is a two-year extension to the promise it had already made not to close branches, after it reported a rise in customers using them in the last year.The UK bank and building society sector has seen widespread branch closures in recent…