Northwest Savings Bank will soon close its Marianna drive-through
Northwest Savings Bank is closing another operation in Washington County.
Less than a week after confirming that Northwest will shut the North Franklin Township branch on West Chestnut Street, a bank spokeswoman said Tuesday the ATM location in Marianna will close at the end of business next Tuesday. Northwest converted that site from a full-service operation to a drive-through in 2012.
Melanie C. Clabaugh, communications manager for the Warren-based bank, said the impetus behind the Marianna closure is the same as for the North Franklin branch: large drops in customer traffic and transactions. The company said in a statement last week more customers are using services such as online, mobile and telephone banking, online bill payments and ATMs.
The West Chestnut Street location also will close April 26. There will be a consolidation of operations at the Murtland Avenue location in South Strabane Township.
Northwest said last week it has 181 locations in four states – Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York and Maryland – but is consolidating 24 branches and converting two to drive-through only. It said employees at branches that are closing will be reassigned to nearby locations or released, the latter with an offer of a severance package based on service time.
Northwest did not specify the number of West Chestnut employees who will be reassigned or released.
The branch at 260 Murtland Ave. opened 14 months ago, relocating from Walmart in the Trinity Point shopping complex along with six employees who worked there.
Clabaugh said Northwest currently does not plan to shutter any other locations in Washington or Greene counties. She said the bank will close its Upper St. Clair branch April 29, but open one in Peters Township May 2.