Protect banking facilities to keep businesses operating: BSP Head of branch network
Bank South Pacific is calling on citizens nationwide to protect banking facilities and allow the bank to perform its normal banking duties to allow effective operation of businesses and other public services.
Banking services in the rural areas play a pivotal role in promoting inclusive development especially in the rural settings by providing credit to primary food producers such as farmers and small businesses that commonly belong to the most marginalized sectors of the economy.
BSP Retail Head of Branch Network, Kili Tambua shared his views during an interview with NBC Online after considering the damage caused to BSP Automatic Teller Machines (ATMs) during the Black Wednesday civil unrest in Port Moresby on 10th January and the recent damage of ATMs in Mendi, Southern Highlands Province.
“Banking service is the last thing that ensure businesses operate, teachers teach students in the classroom, polices personnel carrying out their daily operations, health workers treating patients and list the goes on.
“Banks makes life easier. Life continues as banking service continues and I urge you all to look after the service.
How safe is it for a business to invest when there is ineffective or inconsistent banking service, it’s difficult right? So, it is the responsibility for everyone within a family level, church level and community level to talk and discuss so let’s all work together to resurrect and transform our community,” Tambua said.
It is considered that BSP has the largest branch network in Papua New Guinea, Cook Islands, Fiji, Samoa, Solomon, Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu and employ more than 4000 people across the Pacific.
It is committed to engage in corporate and social responsibility programs and is proudly working with communities across the Pacific to change lives for the better.
Tambua said BSP operates over 120 branches across the Pacific (PNG being the largest) with more than 300 agents, 550 ATMS and growing and upwards of 11,000 Eftpos machines and he strongly discourages people to destroy.
“The habit of damaging ATMs is one way or the other you’re helping the bank to determine future banking services to that particular place/location,” Tambua added.