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Chase Bank is closing another wave of branches this summer: See a list of shuttered locations in several states

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JPMorgan Chase operates the largest network of retail consumer banks in the United States, and even at a time when more financial services are automated and face-to-face customer service feels like something from a bygone era, the banking giant has continued to invest in physical locations. Since 2018, Chase has opened more than 1,000 locations, a company spokesperson told Fast Company . But there’s a catch. While Chase Bank has continued to open new branches at an aggressive pace, its net branch count is not dramatically larger than it was eight years ago, the company’s financial filings show. At the end of 2025, Chase reported 5,083 branches. That’s just 48 more branches than it reported in 2018. One reason for that is because Chase also closes many branches that it deems unnecessary, either due to low foot traffic, consolidation, or because it plans to relocate a branch to a nearby address. This summer has been no exception. Since June, Chase has closed more than a dozen branches ac

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