Many of the top perceived risks in the banking industry are focused on new developments. According to last year’s Protiviti survey “Executive Perspective on Top Risks for 2014,” financial services industry professionals projected that the biggest risks would be regulatory changes, cyber threats, and protecting the privacy and security of their customers amid greater use of cloud computing, social media and mobile technology.
One of the oldest threats banks face, however, still packs quite a punch for the bottom line. As Ross Smith of Fast Locksmith illustrates in the infographic below, bank robberies may be more closely associated with the days of Bonnie and Clyde and Old West sheriffs, but they have cost the industry billions since 2000. Check out some of the biggest bank robberies of the 21st century:
