Measured in terms of the enormous rise prior to the financial crisis, it is quite conceivable that the downsizing process will continue further, although it has stalled somewhat of late. Another measure of consolidation in the banking sector is the number of branches and employees per capita of the population.
From 2008 to 2016, the average number of inhabitants served by a branch rose by nearly one-third; over the same period, the average number of inhabitants per bank employee rose by one-quarter.