Next window, please: CT losing bank branches at more than twice the national rate FacebookTwitterEmail A Webster Bank branch at 975 S. Main St. in Cheshire, Feb. 18, 2021. In late December 2020, Webster Bank announced it was closing 16 branches in the state, including offices in Cheshire, Bethany and Hamden.Peter Hvizdak / Hearst Connecticut Media Connecticut is losing bank branches at a faster rate than the rest of the country. And while customers are using online and mobile apps more and more to do their banking business, at least one industry analyst doesn’t see physical locations disappearing entirely. Over the last decade, the number of bank branches in the state has dropped by 201 locations, for an overall closure rate of 16 percent, according to John Carusone, president of the Bank Analysis Center, a Hartford-based industry consulting firm. The national closure rate over the same period was 6 percent, Carusone said.