There is no global bank that doesn't suck the blood of its customers, can you move to a local one?
A local bank is better than a global bank and a local credit union is better yet.
siliconia, keep breaking down how some of these new techniques might work, if you feel like it. Most people won't go out right away and get/read those books, and I don't really get what you mean yet, but if you keep explaining it some of it should sink in. They sound like new ideas, which is great.
I like your ideas. There've been some good ones today.
yeah, this needs to be wrapped up into one big "move your money out of global parasite banks" effort