Banking on the right hands

Banking institutions are faced with security challenges due to the nature of their business

Banking institutions are faced with security challenges due to the nature of their business, but in an environment where crime is rife, those challenges are even more so.

Nedbank is one of the four largest banking networks in South Africa and for nearly ten years it has placed its trust in G4S.

With 16,000 employees over 16 sites and over 1000 visitors to these sites each day, secure access is critical.

G4S check every visitor to a Nedbank site including vehicle checks and goods for example checking laptops entering and leaving the premises. It also provides teams of highly skilled officers to patrol local private residences where senior employees reside, giving comfort and ensuring the safety of their families. It risk assesses all sites and manages the commissions of new security vendors and the installation of new electronic systems.

The G4S team at Nedbank consist of 360 handpicked people, whose focus in on ensuring Nedbank strengthens its security.

As Frans Jacob Head, Group Safety and Security Services, Nedbank said “ In this environment, manned security itself takes on new meaning, but G4S goes far beyond this; it is a partner rather than a supplier. The company’s strategic, as well as operational, input is second to none. This is very much a collaboration – and one built on trust”.

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