Will bankers embrace sensors under their desks when they return to work?


FILE PHOTO: An employee makes a call in a newly-installed phone booth at real estate company JLL's Austin office in this undated handout photo. Hope Brusevold/JLL/Handout via REUTERS

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Reservation systems for seats. Algorithms that say whether a location is crowded or not. Cameras to show what's happening in real-time. Trackers that let others know you are there.

Technology that has swept the world for convenience, curiosity, and accountability is arriving at workstations of U.S. bank employees, as they prepare to return to offices in coming months because of the pandemic easing, industry sources and outside vendors said.

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