The offices, which are planned to be closed, include Grange-over-Sands in Cumbria, Almondbury in West Yorkshire, Highcliffe in Dorset, Cudworth in South Yorkshire, and Shipston-on-Stour in Warwickshire, as reported by BBC news agency.

Expansion in net and mobile banking has reduced the number of customers visiting the branches to execute transactions.

A spokesman for the bank was quoted by the news agency as saying, "These closures are a result of customers using the branch network less."

"We are seeing a shift to customers using phone, internet and mobile devices," he added.

The lender, which is also mulling to shut down a further 20 offices, has closed only four offices so far in 2013 in the UK. The future cuts will be announced before October 2013.

The bank has curtailed 70 branches and more than 50 in 2012 and 2011, respectively, while over the last three years the closures touched 200 branches in the UK.

In April 2013, the bank said that it is considering initiating a new round of redundancies to eliminate 1,149 jobs in the UK, in a bid to decrease operational cost and rationalize banking business in the country.

Besides HSBC, other global banks like Royal Bank of Scotland, which includes the NatWest bank, had closed 60 branches this year.