As of: February 16, 2024, 10:51 a.m
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More and more Sparkasse branches are closing.
However, Sparkasse Köln-Bonn sells its closures much more positively.
What awaits customers.
Cologne – Many customers are likely to be upset about the closure of numerous Sparkasse branches.
In order to still supply customers on site, Sparkasse Köln-Bann now wants to use branch buses.
The Sparkasse Köln-Bonn is investing a “double-digit million sum” in the realignment of its branch network, said Ulrich Voigt, CEO of the Sparkasse Köln-Bonn.
After closure: Sparkasse Köln-Bonn offers mobile replacement for customers
The decision to close the branches and use buses was due to changing customer behavior, explains CEO Voigt to
Express
.
“This means we are mobilizing 22 locations.
We will stay on site, but differently than before.
Our branches get wheels there,” says Voigt.
The Sparkasse wants to continue to guarantee good service and a personal approach through the buses.
Good accessibility is also the aim of this change.
The reason for the branch closures was also the shortage of skilled workers.
According to Voigt, the branch buses can now be used more flexibly and efficiently.
More and more savings banks are closing.
Some branches will become mobile in the future.
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Sparkasse branches in Cologne and Bonn are getting wheels – more flexibility for employees
16 Cologne branches that will close their doors in the future will be mobilized.
According to Express, these include the following branches
:
Bocklemünd/Mengenich
Deutz
Thin forest
Rush
Height house
Humboldt
Mauenheim
Neubrück
Poll
Rath/Heumar
Riehl
Rondorf
Surth
Aspic
Widdersdorf
Worringen
There are already mobile Sparkasse branches in Cologne.
These are located in Weidenpesch, Bilderstöckchen, Ossendorf, Ostheim, Brück, Merkenich, Zündorf, Langel, Longerich, Roggendorf/Thenhoven, Lindweiler, Fühlingen, Junkersdorf and Porz-Ensen-Westhoven.
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Six branches are becoming mobile in Bonn.
There will soon be buses for the branches in Bonn-Südstadt, Dransdorf, Endenich, Johanneskreuz, Mehlem and Pützchen.
There are also mobile branches in Bonn, for example in Beuel-Süd or Geislar.
Sparkasse buses in Cologne and Bonn – buses should also roll to Frankfurt
In Frankfurt, buses are also to be used after the closure of a Sparkasse branch in Ginnheim - initially as a pilot project.
This was less well received by Sparkasse Frankfurt, as the
FNP
reported.
“This concept comes from the post-war period, when there were still few stationary contact points available.
In contrast to today, the branches were an absolute prerequisite for banking transactions of any kind,” quoted
FNP
spokesman Dennis Vollmer.
More and more savings banks are closing – six advice centers in Kassel have already closed
More and more savings banks have recently closed.
Kasseler Sparkasse had already announced in December 2023 that it would permanently close six advice centers in the city and district.
According to Ingo Buchholz, CEO of Kasseler Sparkasse, the Kirchditmold advice center in Kassel and the Nieste, Liebenau, Söhrewald, Calden and Espenau advice centers are in the district.
They opened for the last time on December 15, 2023.