Well, I am always amazed by these 1 room, roadside banks in France…. This is a branch (agency; as they call it) of LCL (Le credit lyonnais: if I got it right) bank just down the road from my place. Accepted that it’s in a residential area, but still how lean can it be? And despite that, you can do almost everything in the branch may it be International wire transfers or opening an IBAN.
To my amazement there are only 2 people working there and one of them is the branch manager. The other guy is a one stop shop for everything starting from exchanging Forex to learn signing a French chequebook (Yes, it’s different). If you drop in to take a look into the branch manager’s area, she will offer you some chocolates and some help if you want....! Atleast the branches I visited till now have a bowl on the employees table’s filled with candies & chocolates and you can help yourself while the guy is stamping your tc’s. I had heard a lot about French bureaucracy, but atleast I haven't experienced any till now.
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