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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums5.6 Million Americans Have Switched Their Banks In The Last 90 Days
5.6 Million Americans Have Switched Their Banks In The Last 90 Days
By Pat Garofalo
Back in November, the Occupy Wall Street movement inspired Bank Transfer Day, a day for Americans fed up with the actions of the nations biggest banks to move their money to a different institution. Initial estimates of the impact of Bank Transfer Day placed the number of accounts moved at around 600,000, but later estimates revised that downward to around 200,000.
However, new estimates from Javelin Strategy and Research, a research and consulting firm, show that the original numbers were closer to the truth. Javelin found that 5.6 million people have moved their bank accounts in the last 90 days, with 610,000 citing Bank Transfer Day as their reason:
Javelin noted that this pace of account closing is three times the normal rate. While 11 percent of people moving their accounts cited Bank Transfer Day, one quarter said they moved their money because their old institution charged too many fees. Account closures at Bank of America, the nations second largest bank, actually jumped 20 percent in the fourth quarter of last year, potentially driven by the banks ill-fated decision to implement a $5 monthly fee for its debt cards.
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http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/02/02/417054/americans-moving-banks-90-days/
By Pat Garofalo
Back in November, the Occupy Wall Street movement inspired Bank Transfer Day, a day for Americans fed up with the actions of the nations biggest banks to move their money to a different institution. Initial estimates of the impact of Bank Transfer Day placed the number of accounts moved at around 600,000, but later estimates revised that downward to around 200,000.
However, new estimates from Javelin Strategy and Research, a research and consulting firm, show that the original numbers were closer to the truth. Javelin found that 5.6 million people have moved their bank accounts in the last 90 days, with 610,000 citing Bank Transfer Day as their reason:
Bank Transfer Day and the Occupy Movement have received tremendous attention, and for the first time we have market research data to measure the impact on the financial services industry. Javelins research estimates that 5.6 million U.S. adults with a banking relationship changed providers in the past 90 days. Of those switchers, 610,000 US adults (or 11% of the 5.6 million) cited Bank Transfer Day as their reason and actually moved their accounts from a large to a small institution.
Javelin noted that this pace of account closing is three times the normal rate. While 11 percent of people moving their accounts cited Bank Transfer Day, one quarter said they moved their money because their old institution charged too many fees. Account closures at Bank of America, the nations second largest bank, actually jumped 20 percent in the fourth quarter of last year, potentially driven by the banks ill-fated decision to implement a $5 monthly fee for its debt cards.
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http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/02/02/417054/americans-moving-banks-90-days/
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5.6 Million Americans Have Switched Their Banks In The Last 90 Days (Original Post)
ProSense
Feb 2012
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2pooped2pop
(5,420 posts)1. Quit it. Occupy is dead!
and accomplishes nothing. It is irrelevent. (couldn't find the sarcasm one)
oh yeah, and it's only a few hundred people.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)2. Wow...that is a good number, imho.
I am impressed.
Cognitive_Resonance
(1,546 posts)3. Go Credit Unions! nt