1374 A New Banking World

"Welcome, your majesty!"

Several men and women all stood from their seats, saluting Landon deeply.

The group consisted of a few ministers, a few prominent high-ranking bank executives, and their secretaries.

This was indeed a new dawn for the banking world.

And wouldn't you know it, his secretary Brian was already here and had long distributed bottles of water and the agenda for today.

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Brian pushed his glasses, pulling his majesty's seat.

"Your majesty. Everything is set in place."

"Good... I can always count on you."

"Yes!" Brian responded, watching Landon take his seat.

He had always strived for perfection; thus, he truly felt satisfied whenever he got praises from his majesty.

Well, there were still 15 more minutes before the meeting started. So he decided to go over everything one last time, ensuring that it was all in place.

Hm...

The atmosphere was very chatty, with Landon and the rest diving into all sorts of recent news. Sometimes personal, sometimes public.

Everyone had dealt with one another on multiple occasions over the years, so once they started talking, time really flew by.

And in a blink of an eye, Brian tapped the musical triangle.

First Alert. Meaning they had 5 more minutes to readjust themselves.

Many though still talking, had begun to lean away from the conversation, taking in the proper meeting posture.

Their documents to the side and their secretaries all seated behind them, everyone was gathering their thoughts for the meeting ahead.

And soon, the final bell responded out.

Ding!

The meeting officially began.

Landon's eyes moved from left to right, introducing/doing a mini-roll call to see who was absent and who wasn't.

And after the brief introduction of why they were here, things finally became serious.

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"As many of you know, banking is an essential part of Baymard's livelihood.

When foreigners come, they open bank accounts and exchange their heavy coins for Baymardian paper.

And when it comes to the citizens, banking itself is involved directly or indirectly with everything they do.

From payrolls, loans, savings and many other aspects, it can be clear how important banking is."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Whether it was to get a new house or vehicle... Everyone stored money in the bank for future purchases.

Landon glanced at them with a calm expression on his face.

"Ladies, gentlemen... It's because of how valuable our banking system is that many trust and rely on it.

However!... That's not to say that we don't have our own issues.

Now, I'll hand the floor over to Chief Bank Manager Dionne to delve into the matter." Landon said, gesturing at Dionne seated on the left side of the rectangular table.

Dinner was a very skinny man with a smooth baby face that looked 10 or 15 years younger than his actual age.

With his deep brown well-trimmed hair and green eyes, Dionne nodded to Landon's words, calling everyone's attention to the matter.

"Your majesty has said it all. With how vital banking is, we have always strived to do our best. But, there have always been a few more concerns we noticed after customers gave their feedback.

Everyone, before I continue, please turn to page 5."

The atmosphere suddenly grew heavier.

~Flip. Flip.

Pages turned, revealing several words and charts for all to see.

Dionne held his document in his hands with a stern expression.

There were indeed a few major concerns that had constantly been coming up.

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First, looking at the pie chart, the most common concern that eats up the space by a whopping 68% was that of limited tellers.

Yup!

Even with the many bank tellers scattered around the place, it was just never enough.

And people stood for hours without end for simple tasks.

That's why the banks, be it branches or this main headquarters, were always full to the brim.

It didn't matter whether it was the early hours of the morning or closing time; the bank always had guests in large quantities.

Of course, this was all because of the Capital's massive size.

Each District alone was like a town or small city of its own.

So imagine the population that stayed within these places on a daily basis. And then combine these with the massive inflow of tourists.

Again, it was necessary to note that the bank branches were only located in 2 districts; District D and District G.

District D had Luxury hotels, a go-kart racing site, Arcades, Zoo, Sea world hotel, several small and specific clinics, Car stores, Main mall, Main Bus station, etc.

And District G had Regular hotels for visitors, a Ski resort, Baymard national park, Bars, clinics, another arcade center, stores and so on.

These 2 entertainment regions were the only places where one could find these bank branches.

Of course, the bank headquarters was in district C... Which was the central location for most headquarter buildings, the main hospital, schools & academies, etc.

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Anyway... All other districts in Baymard rush to these banking locations to do simple banking transactions.

And to simplify things, only those who already have bank accounts could use the branch banks.

With a simple phone call, the branches could confirm their identity with the many standby representatives in headquarters before doing simple transactions like withdrawals.

But even at that, this meant that after the job was done, a specific group of people would have to input or change the customer's information in their accounts books within headquarters.

That is, they had long been taking the place of computers.

And now, the tellers would be able to input the information in the computers, making withdrawals or other simple operations a breeze.

Oresbetky, their biggest feedback was there not being enough tellers at sight.

The bank branches always had 15 tellers, all evenly spaced out, attending to everyone going in and out.

And, the main headquarters had 30!...

That's 30 tellers!

However, with the working storm of people in and out of Baymard, it was still not enough with the Capital's size.

But now, all this is about to change!