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French bank shuts branches during long summer lull

The country's second-biggest listed bank, Societe Generale, 'experiments' with temporary closures as internet banking starts to take hold.

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French bank Societe Generale has closed some of its branches for the summer lull this year as part of an experiment with reduced opening hours as Internet banking takes off, reports Reuters.

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