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maltatoday | SUNDAY • 22 MARCH 2020 10 COMMERCIAL GasanMamo Insurance sees 36% increase in online transactions Kids are creating banners to stick in windows with positive messages IN a recent media statement GasanMamo Insurance encour- aged its customers to make use of their online services during this current covid-19 climate, in order to help the collective effort of reducing non-essential contact. Less than a week lat- er, the insurance operator can confirm that online service requests, orders and transac- tions have increased sharply by 36% proving how the local community is doing its part in redoubling its effort to support social distancing. In a bid to do its part to minimise spread of the COVID-19 virus, the staff will also be working from home for the time being with all services remaining fully op- erational, in order to continue servicing clients, receiving or- ders, calls and requests as per usual. Managing Director Ju- lian Mamo urged their custom- ers to continue to make greater use of all online services and other channels of communica- tion such as the phone on 2134 5123 or 2778 9000, insurance@ gasanmamo.com and the virtu- al agent on www.gasanmamo. com. HSBC Malta takes action to ensure local shareholders receive dividend payments HSBC Bank Malta announced that in view of the present COV- ID-19 situation and the direc- tives issued by the Public Health Authorities, dividend will be paid to shareholders as planned but will postpone its AGM to a future date. The dividend will be paid on 15 April 2020 to shareholders registered on the Sharehold- ers' Register on 9 March 2020, as previously declared through Company Announcement HS- BC350 issued on the Malta Stock Exchange on 18 February 2020. John Bonello, Chairman, HS- BC Bank Malta said: "Our pri- ority is always to safeguard the wellbeing of our employees, customers and shareholders. As a Board, we are conscious that dividend payments are important to our shareholders and in particular to our local shareholders at this time. For this reason, we have sought a practical solution to pay the dividend on the date we originally announced and to formally complete the process when the AGM is held. These steps form part of a wider series of actions being taken by the bank to support the community at this extraor- dinary time.'