at the country's banks in a tweet to their two hundred seventy thousand followers the catalan national assembly osha porters to take part in a bank run targeting the five main banks in catalonia now the results of that rallying cry were rather lackluster those in favor of independence from spain were meant to go to banks and a.t.m. and take out as much cash as possible but it wasn't the mass withdrawal hoped for the catalan national assembly said it wanted to send a message of condemnation to the banks which have shifted their headquarters out of catalonia it was also meant as a message of protest against the imprisonment of catamount separatist leaders. well let's talk to our financial correspondent now colorado who is in frank forest conrad murray what is this is a dangerous escalation of the business in catalonia do you think well i think it's not immediately dangerous for the banks in catalonia as it looks more like a creative form of protest than a dangerous attack on the ability of the banks in catalonia to do business and i think this protest brings about an aspect of this conflict in catalon