Influence such as expansion of non-face-to-face transactions and reorganization of duplicate stores
Financial Supervisory Service, plans to announce store operation status for the half year
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[아시아경제 이광호 기자]Over the past year, more than 300 bank stores have closed. It is analyzed by the influence of the expansion of non-face-to-face transactions such as mobile banking and the reorganization of overlapping stores.
According to the ‘2020 Domestic Bank Store Operation Status’ released by the Financial Supervisory Service on the 7th, the number of domestic bank stores as of the end of last year was 6406, a decrease of 304 from the previous year (6709). This is the largest since 2017 (312).
Last year, 30 were newly established, but 334 were closed.
KB Kookmin Bank had the largest number of closed stores by bank at 83. This was followed by Hana Bank (74), Woori Bank (58), Busan Bank (22), and Shinhan Bank (21).
By region, the number of metropolitan areas (metropolitan areas and metropolitan cities) decreased by 251, accounting for most (82.6%). The number of non-large urban areas decreased by 53.
An official from the Financial Supervisory Service said, “In the future, we plan to announce the current status of banking stores on a regular basis (half year). said.
Reporter Lee Kwang-ho [email protected]