Minimal branch closures at BNSJa
December 4, 2014 by IC Insider.com
Sharp was addressing the press, in providing an update on the group’s operation for the year to October. The local group closed their Westgate and Barnett street branches, with the opening of the new branch at Fairview, just outside of the old Montego Bay city centre. “The main branch in Sam Sharp’s square remains open. Due to the limited branch closures no provision was made in the 2014 accounts and the staff at the closed branches were absorbed within the group,” Sharp said.
The Canadian parent had announced closure of branches and staff cut of 1,500, to trim cost and better align branches with customer demand. But Sharp stated that the local operation was always looking at ways of making the operation more efficient and will focusing on this aspect going forward.
Business as usual locally, comes against the back ground of Scotia Group making profit of $10 billion versus nearly $11 billion in 2013, but more importantly, the banking operations made profit of $3.935 billion vs $3.99 billion in 2013 after absorbing additional asset tax cost of $260 million.
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