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For security reasons, I have to be generic on this answer.
Most have upgraded systems these days I would say. But it comes down to cost and not just the cost of the camera but the infrastructure to support the camera and the monitoring systems etc. The cameras on the banks these days are not passive but can be actively monitored off site as well as DVR'd. Apparently it is not easy to just upgrade a camera because if you do that then you have to upgrade everything else and that means you have to do it over X amount of branches you have- so it can be an expensive proposition, more so than you might think.
Not always.
What's an exciting day at the bank exactly?
For the most part, most people want to have the safety net of a B&M branch nearby even if they almost never use it. Traffic volume has gone done in ridiculous levels from when I first started to now. Some banks have different strategies but the overall trend is to close branches and cut staff levels and positions while cross training the remaining ones. Alot of banks are trying to re-conceptualize the bank branch. Again, some are going different route here. Banks are playing with less sqft for branches, ATM's that are able to do most transactions, more open/retail feel to layouts, etc.
The bank I work for currently does have many in store locations though I do not work in one, nor have I ever have and if I can avoid it- never will.
Currently a banker though I have done everything in a branch (teller, assistant manager, branch manager and now banker) and have even done some stuff in back office in my career as well.
It really depends on the banks computer systems, processes and ATM technology. Some banks do process ATM deposits as same business day.
Exciting? Can't really say.... when you win an award or big bonus or promotion?
I have only been through one and I really did not even go through it. It was when I was a teller (fairly new.... first few months of me starting there) and I had just gone on lunch break and the teller next to me got a note pusher. I felt bad because she was all alone because I went on lunch and the guy would have been in line when I left. She was pretty shaken by it but got over it. She is still in banking today some 17+ years later.
Well Bob, I already told you people.... WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH YOU PEOPLE?!
In retail banking? Not really but the amount of people employed has been cut big time over the years.
Because people steal pens. When sitting with a customer, I do not give them my pen but hand them one of the generic ones because if you do that you will never have a decent pens. And they write like crap because they are cheap.
I am not sure here but in past banks that I worked for- you could not exchange them and take them as an employee. I don't remember what the process was beyond that though. At my current employer, I do not know for sure but I would expect that there would be some sort of policy that kept employees from exchanging them for their own.
I think you are referring to community banks.
