The boss of RBS is facing an onslaught from angry MPs over bank closures on Tuesday.
Ross McEwan is finally making an appearance before the Scottish Affairs Committee – six months after announcing the cull of 62 branches in Scotland.
Meanwhile, charities are seeking clarity on the legality of the closure programme.
The Courier’s Save Our Banks campaign demands that the plans are shelved.
The local RBS branches due to close are in Aberfeldy, Pitlochry, Perth South Street, Kinross, Dundee Stobswell, Dunblane, Montrose and Comrie, although the latter has been given a reprieve.
Mr McEwan, the taxpayer-owned bank’s chief executive, has previously said that closing branches was a “difficult choice”, but that it was “driven by customer behaviour”.
Scottish Rural Action and Disability Equality Scotland said it is clear the “needs of people with disabilities have not been adequately considered” by RBS.
Emma Cooper, from SRA, said: “We have asked the Equalities and Human Rights Commission to urgently assess if this is in breach of the Equalities Act before RBS is allowed to proceed.”
A spokesman for the commission said: “The EHRC had already raised these access issues with RBS before receiving DES’ letter, and it is an issue that is high on our agenda.”
