Support Your Local Bank

We’re pretty lucky to live in a city like Austin and have so many great local businesses to support. And it seems like everyone who lives here has that same attitude. Even though “going local” is second-nature, we were still struck by a grassroots call-to-action to support local banks, a type of business that hasn’t gotten much attention before. That is before all the large, national banks became the target of ire because of bailouts, bonuses, forclosures, etc.

It all originated in an article written by Ariana Huffington on her site Huffingtonpost, which has been following the financial crisis carefully and has been very critical of corporate banks. Since that article was published, a few sites have popped up, notably MyCommunityMyBank and MoveYourMoney that provide resources and other opportunities to get involved.

While one could correctly argue that the sudden drive to support local banks comes directly from the extremely sour public mood towards bailed-out national banks, any reason to support a local business is good in our opinion.

For what it’s worth, we’re proud to bank locally with (and create branding and advertising for) our client American Bank of Texas.