Save The Aberlour Bank

This is the last bank in Speyside, the closure means traveling 13.6 miles to Keith which is the branch customers are being transferred to. There is no direct bus link to Keith. Customers will need to take a bus to Elgin first (15 miles) then on to Keith (17 miles) The bus is also expensive. We have been told that we can use the local post office but as the local post offices have also closed this is not acceptable. The post office is now a counter in a local shop with no privacy and can't offer all the services of a bank. Pensioners don't feel secure going there and using the counter for their pensions. Many customers with a post office benefits account received letters asking them to change to a bank card which they did only to have their branch close. The people of Tomintoul had to travel 23 miles to use this branch after theirs was closed already.