FNB open for longer during Cup

First National Bank announced Tuesday, 1 June, that it will extend its banking hours at 17 key-site branches to welcome visitors and offer its customers greater financial services convenience during the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

2 Jun 2010

The banking group said extended banking hours will be offered from 1 June - 31 July 2010; during weekdays, the branches will close at 7pm and on Saturdays the branches will close at 3.30pm.

"FNB is the first bank in South Africa to consistently offer evening branch-banking. Our focus during the extended hours will be entirely on meeting the needs of foreign visitors, Personal Banking customers and Commercial Banking customers," says Michael Jordaan, CEO of FNB.

"The extra banking hours are FNB's contribution at a time when everything around us will be unusual and exciting. FNB has also enabled a translating centre to assist non-English speaking visitors who enter an FNB branch," adds Jordaan.

"We will be offering commercial services during the extended hours to ensure that the extra hours really do help all South Africans and foreign visitors with their banking requirements.

"We have set up a call centre where customers can determine the extended-hour sites and the services to be offered," concludes Jordaan.

Additional projects

The bank said it has numerous projects to offer additional financial services during the next two months.

It further said it has built a full-service temporary branch at NASREC adjacent to FNB Stadium know as Soccer City for the duration of the World Cup.

The bank will also have mobile ATMs travelling to stadia around the country.

As a ticket sales partner to FIFA, FNB said it has enabled more than 12% of all sales, world-wide.

"The bank also accounted for 80% of last-minute ticket sales in South Africa," it said.

Participationg branches

Extended hours branches in Johannesburg will be Westgate, Clearwater Mall, Eastgate, Sandton City and Maponya Mall, while in Pretoria the branches will be The Grove Mall and Menlyn Park.

In Bloemfontein, the branches will be Lock Logan and Brandwag. In Cape Town the V&A Waterfront will be open and Century City. Durban will have Gateway and the Pavilion, while Kimberley will have New Park as the open branch.

Port Elizabeth will have Walmer, Rustenburg will have Waterval Mall and in Polokwane Savanna branch will be open.

Source: I-Net Bridge

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