Country’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) has resorted to staggered working hours to maintain social distancing in the wake of coronavirus outbreak. SBI’s Managing Director P K Gupta said they have implemented staggered time slots for banking hours across the country in consultation with state governments. “In many states, we have restricted timings of our branch opening. Like in some states, it is 7-10 AM, in some states it is 8-11 AM and in some 10 AM to 2 PM,” PTI quoted PK Gupta, Managing Director, Retail Banking, SBI.
Meanwhile, SBI is providing masks and sanitisers to its staff attending the office. The distance of at least 1 meter is being maintained in the queue. Those in the administration department are working on alternate days. The bank is also running mobile ATM services so that customers can easily take out money without visiting the ATM branches. P K Gupta shared the video of one such mobile ATM being run bu the bank for customers…
