Source: http://www.globescan.com/commentary-and-analysis/featured-findings/82-public-respect-for-the-banking-sector-reaches-new-low.html

This graph was during the Occupy Wall Street protests in 2011, and this is just another ingredient to the mix of banking sectors reaching a new low in public respect. 

The finding show that a majority of Americans 55% have little to no respect for the banking sectors and also in the UK where 64% say the same.  As seen from the graph this is a steep decline from public respect thoughts in 2005. Due to the bank crisis of 2008 it accelerated.