Bank of America branch in Porter Ranch, Los Angeles, California

A branch, banking centre or financial centre is a retail location where a bank or financial institution offers a wide array of face to face service to its customers. Like a store, a branch may either be a standalone building, or an office within a larger complex, such as a shopping mall. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1000x621, 176 KB) Summary A Bank of America consumer banking center at Porter Ranch Town Center, a shopping center in Porter Ranch, Los Angeles, California. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1000x621, 176 KB) Summary A Bank of America consumer banking center at Porter Ranch Town Center, a shopping center in Porter Ranch, Los Angeles, California. ... This article or section may be confusing or unclear for some readers, and should be edited to rectify this. ... Porter Ranch is a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, in the northwestern portions of the San Fernando Valley. ... Drawing of a self-service store. ... The First Provincial Bank of Taiwan in Taipei, Republic of China was formerly the central bank of the Republic of China and issued the New Taiwan dollar. ... In Financial economics, a financial institution acts as an agent that provides financial services for its clients. ... Face to Face may refer to interactions or meetings between people in real life. ... A shopping mall (or simply mall), shopping center, or shopping arcade is a building or set of buildings that contain stores, and has interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from store to store. ...

Services provided by a branch include cash withdrawals and deposits from a demand account with a bank teller, financial advice through a specialist, safe deposit box rentals, bureau de change, insurance sales (where it is allowed by law), etc. A demand account (or demand deposit, demand deposit account) is a deposit account held at a bank or other financial institution, the funds deposited in which are payable on demand. ... A bank teller is an employee of a bank who deals directly with most customers. ... Financial Advice is advice given in relation to financial matters such as investing, insurance, borrowing, saving and retirement planning. ... Safe deposit boxes inside a Swiss bank. ... A Bureau de Change is an organisation or facility which allows customers to exchange one currency for another. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ...

Traditionally, the branch was the only channel of access to a financial institution's services. Today, with such features as automated teller machines, telephone and online banking, customers can bank virtually anywhere, anytime, which brings financial institutions to reduce their branch business hours or to merge smaller branches into larger ones. An NCR interior, multi-function ATM in the USA Smaller indoor ATMs dispense money inside convenience stores and other busy areas, such as this off-premise Wincor Nixdorf mono-function ATM in Sweden An on-premise NCR interior, multi-function through-the-wall ATM at a CIBC branch in Canada... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Online banking (or Internet banking) is a term used for performing transactions, payments etc. ...

Some financial institutions reduce their costs by having no branches and are sometimes known as virtual banks.