Banker S.A. June 2013 | Page 45

CUSTOMER STORY No working day waits required Customer service in the banking industry has come a long way from the dark days of teller tyranny. T urn back the clock to the bad old days of the Eighties and the experience of going into your local bank branch where things were completely different to that of today, assuming you still do your banking in-branch, that is. All transactions had to be done manually and with no ATMs, notoriously short business hours, teller queues, minimal personal engagement and len