French banks call on Yellow Vests to spare local branches

Bloomberg

French banks are urging Yellow Vests protesters to spare local branch offices as the nation braces for the 20th week of street demonstrations.
“Hundreds of local agencies” were vandalised in the past four months and employees have been threatened, the heads of BNP Paribas SA, Credit Agricole SA, Groupe BPCE, Societe Generale, Credit Mutuel and Banque Postale wrote in a column published in Le Monde. “We demand that our colleagues and sellers be able to do their job in safe and serene conditions to the benefit of their customers.”
More than 760 banking offices have been damaged since protests began, AFP said.