The banking system had 55,396 employees at the end of 2016 and the number of branches and offices fell to 4,757.
Banks closed 59 branches in the fourth quarter of 2016, while the number employees decreased by 400.
This means more than one quarter of the number of bank branches have closed after the onset of the crisis compared with 2008, while one fifth of the employees left the system.
The banking industry infrastructure peaked in 2008, when territorial networks reached a record 6,552 branches and offices employing more than 71,600 people.
A number of 16,226 employees have left the system since the start of the crisis, a decline of more than 22%. In all, 1,795 branches closed, or 27.4% of the total.
The restructuring of the banking system slowed down last year. In 2015, about 1,800 employees left the industry and almost 400 bank branches closed.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)