NEWS FLASH

POLL: Americans’ Confidence In Banks Hits All-Time Low | Americans are less confident in banking institutions than they were in the immediate aftermath of the financial crisis, as just 21 percent of respondents to a recent Gallup poll said they had a “great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in banks. This is the lowest level since Gallup began tracking the measure in 1973. “U.S. banks have seen the greatest decline in confidence of any institution relative to its historical average,” according to Gallup, and only two institutions — Congress (13 percent) and Health Maintenance Organizations (19 percent) — poll worse than banks.