LCL is cutting staff and closing branches as declining revenue in a low interest rate environment forces the bank to shed costs.

The source confirmed an earlier report by French newspaper Les Echos which said that the plan would not imply any layoffs and was meant for employees who retire soon or who would accept change jobs in the group.

LCL is already undergoing a plan to cut 1,400 staff in its networks over 2015-2018.

LCL declined to comment.

(Reporting by Maya Nikolaeva and Julien Ponthus; Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta)