FNB may offer settlements to 48 victims of Parktown safe deposit box theft
FNB says it will consider settlement offers to the 48 customers affected by the theft of the contents of safe deposit boxes at its Parktown branch. FNB had suspended three employees at the branch, where the boxes were tampered with on December 31, the bank said in a statement late on Friday. "In light of the preliminary information that is available for the Parktown burglary, the bank has, despite the fact that it is not legally obliged to do so, taken a decision that it will consider settlement offers to the 48 customers who were impacted by the Parktown burglary," FNB said. "This is subject to the external independent investigation that will be concluded this month," it said. FNB would only be in a position to assess claims arising from the December 18 Randburg burglary — where it is believed 360 boxes were taken — once it had received the final outcome of the investigation. The bank would reimburse customers for insurance excess payments where customers had submitted successful c...
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