StanChart’s Working-From-Home Setup May Linger After Crisis
- Bank coped better than Vinals expected -- but Zoom is banned
- Wuhan and other Chinese bank branches have now reopened
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Even when the coronavirus pandemic recedes, Standard Chartered Plc might suggest staff at its sprawling global operations keep staying at home.
“One thing is for sure -- after this crisis is over we may have to rethink our work-from-home practices,” Jose Vinals, the London-based bank’s chairman, said in an interview. “The experience so far has been rather good. It may be that going forward you don’t need to have 100% of the people in the office, 100% of the time.”