Money was moved out of small banks all over the world.
Instead each message is placed in a small bank of its own.
"And the small local banks are just sitting there doing what they always do - making money."
With only four branches at the time, it was a small commercial bank.
What small banks can teach us about how to change the financial system.
He went to see Saunders, the president of the town's small bank.
A global economy can t work if we only have small, community banks.
This led to the collapse of more than 60 small banks.
It doesn't matter how big or small a bank is, they follow the same rules of banking.
But small banks in particular say they do not have the resources to comply with the law.