TOKYO: Resona Holdings Inc, Japan’s fourth-largest bank, aims to reduce costs at its branch network by at least 20%, its company president said, adding that not all big branches would remain in the same form.
Japanese lenders, which have long struggled with an ultra-low interest rate environment that has depressed earnings, now also have to grapple with a likely rise in bad loans due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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