Bank of Ireland has come in for criticism from a rural lobby group for taking the last of its travelling banks off the road in April.
Irish Rural Link said the move showed the bank's "complete contempt" for the people of rural Ireland.
The Bank of Ireland has confirmed that its four mobile units in Galway and Mayo will quit the road on
National Co-ordinator of Rural Link Mr Seamus Boland
April 16th.
National Co-ordinator, Mr Seamus Boland said while the group accepted the changes brought about by technology but stressed that social obligations, customer care and security matters were equally important.
"More worrying is the feeling among our members that things will not just stop at the cutting of the travelling banks and that it will be just a matter of time before the spectre of branch or sub-office closures will be proposed," Mr Boland said.
Bank of Ireland says that in counties Galway and Mayo, it has 32 branches, 56 full-service ATMs and 45 shop-based machines.
Mobile banks were introduced in the 1970s, but were withdrawn from many areas seven years ago.
Mr Boland said he welcomed the call from the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Mr Ó Cuív, to the credit union movement to fill the gap left by the banks.