10 Biggest Banks Could Lose $185 Billion In Deposits Next Year

10 Biggest Banks Could Lose $185 Billion In Deposits Next Year As Customers Move Their Money Pat Garofalo on Nov 21, 2011
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/11/21/373191/banks-185-billion-deposits-loss

During “Bank Transfer Day” earlier this month, 40,000 Americans moved their money from the nation’s biggest banks to credit unions, voicing their distaste with the action’s of America’s financial behemoths. About 650,000 Americans joined credit unions in October, which is more people than in all of 2010 combined. According to cg42, a consulting firm that does work for the biggest banks, “the nation’s 10 biggest banks could stand to lose as much as $185 billion in deposits in the next year due to customer defections.” Of the banks, “Bank of America is the most vulnerable and could lose up to 10% of its customers and $42 billion in consumer deposits in the next year.”