Share interest income of banks in the Benelux region 2016, by country
Dutch banks try two things to rely less on interest income. On the one hand, they try to save costs. The total number of bank offices, for instance, decreased from approximately 3,400 in 2008 to less than 1,700 in 2016. On the other hand, they try to increase their income from other profitable sources. In 2016, the Netherlands already was the country with the highest response of people who reported to already use mobile banking in the Benelux region.