The BCP will redefine its distribution model in Portugal, adapting it to the new trends facing the sector due to the digital age, intending to reduce its network in more than 100 branches by the end of 2018.
The goal was announced by Nuno Amado, president of the bank, and implies that the BCP, which closed 2015 with 671 branches, arrive to December 2018 with less than 570 agencies.
Increased customer weight with access to digital banking circles and digital transactions will work as the other side of the coin in this ‘way for 2018′ which was presented on Monday by Nuno Amado, conference press in Lisbon.
In this plan is also contemplated the re-launch of the ‘affluent’ segment, the model fit banking for business clients, optimization of credit recovery areas and “redesigning and simplifying the operating model,” said the manager.
The bank closed 24 branches over the past year in Portugal, starting to count on 671 branches, reducing the staff by 336 people to 7,459 workers.
Nuno Amado, the BCP president, advanced with these numbers during the press conference presenting the 2015
With regard to international activity, fell by seven agencies for a total of 671 branches (exactly the same number of home network) and there was a decrease of 121 employees for a total of 9724 employees.
The BCP posted profits of 235.4 million euros in 2015, slightly less than expected by analysts. It is recalled that in 2014 the bank had had losses of 226.6 million euros, a series of four years of losses.
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