I wouldn't connect this directly with Bitcoin. Financial markets and banks are in the deep problems since the 2008. Look at Europe and Greece for example. So banks are in the deep just like the whole financial sytem, now let's help them toward destruction! 
Some parts of Europe was a economic disaster a long time ago and still are. Most of Europe is doing very well just as US.
Well if you can say that somebody is doing well while their debt is constantly going up than OK. Also after the 2008 crisis that was just poorly fixed and hiden!
Personally I don't think anything is going fine and very soon a new, big boom is imminent. Hope I am wrong but it doesn't feel that way.
The economic crisis hit US first later Europe. US is now fully recovering and Europe will follow. The main problem now is the fall in Gold and oil prices that will continue for a long time. Land with a real export of good will do good.
I think Greece will need some help if you want full recovery. I don't see them being saved unless some of the eurozone do a bailout.
I could be wrong on it though. I don't see the other countries letting Greece fail though.
Some of the banks are moving away from the HR intensive model, where there are physical bank branches in every Mall. Things are moving to a virtual online banking environment, 
