banks closed on all holidays

[MrDawn]

What are your thoughts about banks being closed on almost every single holiday?

Do you ever find it silly and inconvenient? Why or why not?

 

[Dead2009]

The only inconvenience is that if it falls on a monday, money that comes out for bills has to wait an extra day. Other than that, they're people too and deserve days off.

 

[Mendalla]

I rarely enter a bank except for things like opening accounts. Don't even use ATMs much anymore. Pay everything with plastic (credit or debit card), use e-transfers and e-payments whenever available. And, as said above:

they're people too and deserve days off.

The main issue we run into in Canada is that banks (along with a few other sectors like rail and airlines) are federally regulated while most businesses are regulated provincially. This sometimes leads to disconnects where the feds might have a holiday when a province doesn't or vice versa. However, most statutory holidays across Canada are the same (Christmas, New Year's, Good Friday, Canada Day) so it is rare. Though one big disconnect that I think still exists is that the feds and federally regulated businesses still get both Good Friday and Easter Monday while provincially regulated employers like mine only get Good Friday.