Parties, unions and associations urge easier access to banking services

About fifty associations, unions and parties published a manifesto in favor of banking inclusion on Tuesday, inviting stakeholders to come around the table and act to guarantee banking services to vulnerable people and in all territories.

The group, made up of players such as the ATTAC association, the CGT Confederation, the SNB union (National Banking and Credit Union) and La France Insoumise (LFI) calls for a complete review of public policies in favor of inclusion. banking.

The fight against banking exclusion is played out on two grounds, the social and the geographical, analyzes Loc Daguzan, trade unionist affiliated with the association of consumers Indecosa-CGT (Information and Defense of salaried consumers – CGT), the occasion of a press conference in small committee held in Paris.

This fight requires the opening of a broad public debate, he continues, as well as stricter regulations in terms of bank charges or the guarantee of free means of payment for the entire population (cash and checks). ), lists the manifest.

The collective centered on the Defense and Development of Public Services insisted in particular on the role of La Poste and the Banque de France as players in the fight against banking desertification.

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This manifesto will be taken to the presidential candidates, explains Mr. Daguzan, but also to various bodies such as the Defender of Rights.

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