San Juan speaks with the press outside the Economy Ministry in Madrid, Spain on Feb 8, 2022. The retiree, who is campaigning to keep in-person customer services at bank branches, has handed Spanish government officials a petition with more than 610,000 signatures saying he felt ‘left out’ by the shift to online banking. — AP
MADRID: A Spanish retiree campaigning to keep in-person customer services at bank branches because he felt “left out” by the shift to online banking on Feb 8 is handing government officials a petition with more than 610,000 signatures, amid a wave of national support for his cause.
Carlos San Juan, 78, a retired doctor from Valencia in southeast Spain, travelled to Madrid and was to hand the signatures to the secretary of state for the treasury, Carlos Cuerpo, at the Economy Ministry.
