latimes:

One Facebook post becomes national movement to abandon big banks: Echo Park woman’s post urging friends to move their money to credit unions in the wake of Bank of America’s plans for a monthly debit card fee results in more than 75,000 people pledging to participate in “Bank Transfer Day.”

Photo: “I definitely never expected it to become this big,” says Kristen Christian, the 27-year-old Echo Park resident who started “Bank Transfer Day.” Credit: Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times