Santander put scissors in the United Kingdom After having ruled out that he will sell his local business. His UK subsidiary announced Wednesday that will close 95 of the 444 branches that the entity currently has in the market, which It could assume the dismissal of about 750 employees.
The adjustment, which compromises 21.39% of your networkwill take place next June while adjusting schedules and personnel in others. Your plans also include reduce schedule at 36 branches and modify the system of making transactions in another 18, which will become operated by the system “Counter Free” (offices with Less employees and more digital services).
To its term, the bank will have 349 branches and five ‘work cafes” (Work spaces), reported EFE.
“By changing customer behavior, we are making sure that our branches continue to be adequate face to the future,” said a Santander UK spokesman.
“Our new combination of full service branches, along with ‘Labor Cafeterías’, branches ‘Counter Free’ And reduced schedule branches, we intend to provide the appropriate balance between digital banking and face -to -face money management and advice, “said this source.
From the bank they admitted that “closing a branch is always a very difficult decision and we invest a lot of time evaluating where and when we will do it and how we minimize the impact that this could have on our clients.”
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