Banks eyeing big crowds for opportunities

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Washington, D.C. -area banks will see anything but a regular day back at work today after a federal holiday, with inaugural festivities expected to draw hundreds of thousands of potential customers and automated teller machine patrons.

U.S. markets were closed Monday in recognition of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. But banks with branches near the National Mall, especially those at the handful of pedestrian entry and exit points to area, are likely planning for a busy Tuesday re-opening, said Kathleen Murphy, president and chief executive officer of the Maryland Bankers Association.

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