The Wal-Martization Of Banks?

11 January 2004 - 12:00pm

Canadian banks are closing branch offices and centralizing operations in new 'Super Banks'.

Recent closures will now require that customers from as far away as White Ridge and Lindenwoods drive to the super-centre to do their banking... David Suzuki concluded that these kinds of urban planning decisions are leading to unhealthy communities. "We need to design communities so that the people who live in them use their cars less,"

Source: New Winnipeg Magazine, January 9, 2004