Disappearance of ATMs: Dermagne issues an ultimatum to banks

Distributors will become rarer, many complain regarding it. Negotiations are taking place between the banks and the Minister of the Economy, Pierre-Yves Dermagne, to guarantee a network in the territory. He wants to conclude before the end of March. If the banks hold back, he will operate, he says, via a bill.

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Par Bernard Padoan and David Coppi

Published on 1/03/2023 at 16:54
Reading time: 5 mins

Dn the majority, someone slips in: “It’s smart of him to intervene in the media during the Carnival holiday on a subject for the general public like this, it’s well done”… In this case , the “player” is Pierre-Yves Dermagne (PS), Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Economy, who produced the sound on Wednesday morning on La Première (RTBF) regarding the reduction in the number of ATMs in Belgium, this at the initiative of banks engaged for years in a vast process of closing branches.

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