London — Even when the coronavirus pandemic recedes, Standard Chartered might suggest staff at its sprawling global operations keep staying at home.

“One thing is for sure — after this crisis is over we may have to rethink our work-from-home practices,” José Vinals, the London-based bank’s chair, said in an interview. “The experience so far has been rather good. It may be that you don’t need to have 100% of the people in the office, 100% of the time.”..

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