Gozo has always featured high on Bank of Valletta’s agenda. Over the past years, BOV has taken various initiatives to promote sustainable development in Gozo, not only from an economic perspective but also at a social and cultural level.
To further consolidate its commitment towards Gozo and its people, Bank of Valletta has announced a series of initiatives that will be undertaken over the forthcoming weeks, focusing on the bank’s client base in Gozo as well as the Gozitan community in general.
On Friday 8 April, all BOV branches in Gozo will offer discounted fees to customers who invest in Valletta Fund Management funds and to those who transact in bonds and equities through the bank’s Gozo outlets.
Authorised Savings & Investment officers can assist clients towards building the ideal portfolio of BOV investment products according to their particular financial requirements. Apart from these benefits on investment products, over the coming days a full range of special offers available to BOV’s clients in Gozo will also be announced.
BOV’s main Gozo branch in Victoria will play a central role in providing added value to the Gozitan community. On Friday 8 April, the branch will be open for extended service up to 5pm.
The management and staff at the Victoria Branch will also be taking steps to ensure that customers who visit the branch on that day will find a special environment, making their visit a particularly enjoyable one. An exhibition featuring historical banking items will be on show at the branch and displays of lace and ganutell making together with other typical Gozitan crafts will also be set up.
Children will also have special events they can look forward to. Cikkurillu, Bank of Valletta’s Young Savers mascot, will be crossing over to Gozo. On Friday 8 and Saturday 9 April, Cikkurillu will be meeting children at BOV’s Victoria branch to distribute balloons, colouring pencils and drawing sheets to entertain all the young ones who call at the branch.
“These are but a few of the initiatives we will be undertaking in Gozo in the coming days and weeks during which we will focus on Gozo and its people,” said Tonio Depasquale, chief executive officer of Bank of Valletta. “At BOV, we have a long standing tradition of supporting the island’s ongoing development and leveraging its potential both from a financial and economic perspective as well as from a cultural and social point of view. BOV continues to invest so as to support Gozo by providing modern and efficient financial services. We are also prime supporters of social and cultural development in Gozo through our backing of arts and cultural projects as well as environmental, educational, sports and social initiatives. In this regard, over the coming weeks, we will also be carrying out a series of initiatives that will confirm our ongoing commitment,” Mr Depasquale said.
“BOV is also considering a major investment in a new Operations Centre in Gozo,” announced Mr Depasquale. The existing Operations Centre in Victoria, started its operations in April 2002. This marked the beginning of the bank’s centralisation programme in Gozo. “Besides providing the opportunity for a number of Gozitan BOV employees to work in Gozo, the BOV Operations Centre in Gozo has played a significant role in the bank’s overall centralisation programme that led to the centralisation of all back office, thus enabling the bank to focus all efforts at branch level on the implementation of its relationship banking strategy,” Mr Depasquale added.
“The initiatives being announced today, together with all efforts undertaken by Bank of Valletta in Gozo form part of the bank’s support towards the island’s economic and social development policy that will ultimately benefit Gozo and more importantly, its people,” Mr Depasquale concluded.