Though protected by restrictions that limit withdrawals to 300 euros a day, the bank is steadily leaking money as depositors, their confidence shattered, slowly drain their accounts.
Their rhythm is off, their confidence drained.
In recent visits to two Workforce1 job-placement centers run by the city, one in the Bronx and the other in Brooklyn, I met a few women who had been laid off and forced onto public assistance, their confidence drained.
Castres were 26-22 up but, apart from a few moments of invention by their No8 Chris Masoe and the scrum-half Rory Kockott, they looked a side drained of confidence, fortunate that Northampton's handling was poor on a warm, sunny winter's day as one unforced error followed another.
Brown might be an exhausted figure, drained of confidence, but he still has a clearer sense of how to approach the next election than most of his critics.
But there is hope that Fernando Torres is showing signs of re-emerging from his own torpor after two seasons in which he looked drained of confidence.
Wigan's ability to overcome recent adversity continued, with the Tomkins brothers, Sam and Joel, providing crucial contributions to a scrappy win over a Bradford side drained of confidence and now virtually out of the play-offs race.
And in a world already drained of confidence, one doesn't have to be superstitious to think that talking about contingency plans makes them more likely to be needed.
The fans are losing faith and the players are drained of confidence, but with Stoke looming on Saturday and Chelsea due at Old Trafford next Monday, defender Phil Jones insists the time has come for unity.
But at a time where United are still plumbing new depths, you can't help but feel that the relative weakness of their opponents here merely serves to ramp up the pressure on the shoulders of players long since drained of confidence.
