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Citizens Trust Bank Opens 8,000+ Accounts in A Week, CEO Thanks Killer Mike Following His Call To Action

<p>Killer Mike&comma; 1&sol;2 of hip hop duo Run the Jewels&comma; has been thanked by the CEO of Citizens Trust Bank&comma; which is a black-owned bank in Atlanta&comma; after the company opened over 8&comma;000 accounts in less than a week&&num;8217&semi;s time&excl; The rapper had been interviewing with Hot 107&period;9 where he explained that if corporations choose not to support us by calling out injustices&comma; then we do not need to be supporting them&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;What we can do is go to your banks tomorrow&comma;” he said&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;You can go to your bank tomorrow&period; And you can say &OpenCurlyQuote;Until you as a corporation start to speak on our behalf&comma; I want all my money&period; And I’m taking all my money to Citizen’s Trust’…Apartheid ended in South Africa because students in America said &OpenCurlyQuote;We not flying Delta anymore&period; We not drinking Coca-Cola anymore&period; We’re not supporting any corporation that supports the Apartheid and the enslavement of people that look like us&period;’ And I’m just saying once again…Take your money out of this dog’s hands&period; Out of their paws&period; Take your money&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Many people took the rapper&&num;8217&semi;s words literally and flocked to CTB in order to open new accounts with the black-owned bank&period; In just five days post-interview&comma; 8&comma;000 new accounts had been created and Deidre St&period; Julien&comma; the bank&&num;8217&semi;s marketing director told the NY Post&comma; &&num;8220&semi;This movement brought awareness to the importance of community banks&comma; and the strength of community banks&comma; inside the communities they support&comma;” she said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The CEO and president of Citizens Trust Bank&comma; Cynthia N&period; Day publicly thanked Killer Mike for his call to action&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lt&semi;a class&equals;&&num;8221&semi;embedly-card&&num;8221&semi; href&equals;&&num;8221&semi;https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;ctbank&sol;status&sol;751555027966103552&&num;8243&semi;&gt&semi;Citizens Trust Bank on Twitter&lt&semi;&sol;a&gt&semi; 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