Desjardins will close eight service counters in Nouvelle-Beauce

Eight service centers will be replaced by ATMs by March 4 in Nouvelle-Beauce.

The service counters will be converted into service points with automatic teller machines. There will therefore be no more employees on site.

Radio-Canada was able to confirm the information initially reported by the Journal de Québec.

Service counters that will close:

  • Saint-Elzear
  • Sainte-Marguerite
  • Sainte-Henedine
  • Holy Angels
  • Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage
  • Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage
  • Saint Sylvester
  • Scott

However, the premises may be used for meetings with customers, provided that an appointment has been made beforehand.

The general manager of the Caisses Desjardins de la Nouvelle-Beauce, Pierre Jr St-Marseille, justifies this decision by invoking the low popularity of this type of service, in the era of digital transactions.

At the Caisse de Nouvelle-Beauce, barely 3% of transactions are done at the counter. he explains.

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In addition, the financial institution was struggling to fill the positions available in these centers.

Reorganization

The staff will be redeployed to the Caisses of Vallée-Jonction, Saint-Bernard, Saint-Isidore and Sainte-Marie, in Chaudière-Appalaches, where the service will be maintained. In these four poles, we should be able to hold out for quite a while. he predicts.



The Caisse Desjardins de Scott, in Chaudière-Appalaches.


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The Caisse Desjardins de Scott, in Chaudière-Appalaches.

Pierre Jr St-Marseille is aware that this announcement risks being greeted like a cold shower in the towns and villages affected.

We are not asking mayors and municipalities to applaud us. We know that for them it is a loss of services. But we leave our ATMs everywhere.he concludes.

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