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UniCredit has imposed new restrictions on its clients. They will have to make an appointment if they want access to branches, a spokesman for Italy’s second-largest bank said on Thursday, as Italy set a new daily record for COVID-19 infections.
UniCredit, which previously only recommended clients to make appointments, thus joins rivals such as Intesa Sanpaolo, Monte dei Paschi and CheBanca. that have started limiting customer access to branches to protect employees as Italy goes through the second wave of coronavirus infections, again breaking a record for infections, according to agerpres.ro.
What other steps will Unicredit take?
Also in a message posted Wednesday on its OneUniCredit website dedicated to employees, the bank invited all staff at its headquarters to consider working remotely.
More than 70% of employees can work remotely
A spokesperson quoted by Reuters said that more than 70% of UniCredit employees can work remotely.
After being one of the first Italian banks to adopt remote work during the state of emergency, UniCredit encouraged its employees to gradually return to their offices after the first wave of infections subsided. In the worst period of the pandemic, less than 30% of UniCredit branches were operating and were even only open in the morning.
Restrictions will apply wherever there is a Unicredit Bank location
UniCredit Group is present in 17 countries around the world, with more than 8,500 branches and 147,000 employees. UniCredit is one of the largest banking groups in Central and Eastern Europe, where it generates approximately 16% of its income.
In Romania, the UniCredit group is present through UniCredit Bank, UniCredit Consumer Financing, UniCredit Leasing Corporation, UniCredit Insurance Broker, UniCredit Leasing Fleet Management and UniCredit Services, writes Agerpres.
