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Efficiency now: 8 smart strategy tips

Independent Banker

Consider your branch strategy. Assessing the value of bank branches is an exercise that began long before the pandemic, but vaccine and mask mandates added new considerations to the debate. Why should you, as a community banker, carry [a branch with little business] with all of these headwinds?”

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Talking in a Digital World

Independent Banker

But consumer visits to branches have been declining at a pace of 5 to 10 percent a year for all financial institutions alike, says Bob Meara, financial retail service analyst for the Celent, a Boston research and consulting firm. company that develops software to automate customer interactions. a Cambridge, Mass.,