THE BENDIGO and Adelaide Bank has told staff it won’t be reopening its Belmont and Newcomb branches, but has reassured them that no job losses will occur as a result.<\/p>\n
The Belmont branch closed in December last year and Newcomb in February this year due to covid and influenza related staff shortages.<\/p>\n
Managing director Marnie Baker delivered the news of closure to staff last month.<\/p>\n
“Making decisions such as these are never easy and are only made after carefully considering all our options,” Ms Baker said.<\/p>\n
“No employee will lose their jobs as a result of the decision and staff impacted will be deployed locally.”<\/p>\n
Customers from Belmont and Newcomb will have their accounts re-domiciled between 2km and 4km away to either the Highton or Malop Street branches of the bank.<\/p>\n
Ms Baker stressed that the bank and its eight Community Bank partners will maintain 16 branches across Geelong, Surf Coast and Bellarine.<\/p>\n
“Almost twice as many as any other bank,” she said.<\/p>\n
Banking customers relying on bricks and mortar branches across the region have witnessed rolling closures in recent years, sped up by the pandemic that saw many of them move online.<\/p>\n
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia recently announced its Drysdale branch will soon close, news that followed shortly after National Australia Bank announcing it too was closing its branch there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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