The Fleet Sale

QUESTION: Do you expect Rhode Island’s economic climate to be more positively
or negatively impacted by Bank of America’s purchase of Fleet?

Positive impact: 38%

Negative impact: 62%

QUESTION: Do you expect Bank of America to contribute as much in charitable
giving to the Providence region as Fleet traditionally has?

Yes: 29%

No: 71%

QUESTION: In terms of business banking, does your company or organization
prefer to do business with a larger national/international bank or a smaller
community bank?

Larger bank: 50%

Community bank: 29%

No preference: 21%

QUESTION: Does your company or organization primarily do business with
one particular bank or does it have separate accounts with multiple banks?

One bank: 36%

Several banks: 64%

QUESTION: Do you personally do business with one particular bank or do
you have separate accounts with multiple banks?

One bank: 43%

Several banks: 57%