As the social distance for Corona 19 quarantine has been upgraded to level 2.5, the operating hours of banks in the Seoul metropolitan area will be reduced by one hour.

The Korea Financial Industry User’s Council and the Korean Financial Industry Union announced on Thursday that they agreed to temporarily reduce the working hours of banks in the Seoul metropolitan area by one hour to respond to the Korona 19 epidemic and prevent infections among financial consumers and financial workers.

Accordingly, bank stores in Seoul, Gyeonggi and Incheon will operate from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. from July 8 to 28. Current business hours (9 a.m. ~ 9 a.m.Compared to 4 p.m., 안전놀이터 it opens 30 minutes late and closes 30 minutes earlier.

The Korea Federation of Banks said, “Banks’ shortened operations can be extended by 2.5 stages until the 28th in line with the 2.5 stage distance period, or if the stage is strengthened, the shorter operations can also be extended.” Non-capital banks will also start shorter operations once the 2.5 level of distance is expanded to the region.