Number of bank-branches in U.S. and China.

U.S. banks have 93,000  branches , according to AlixPartners, a New York  consulting firm—the lowest tally since 2007.

The firm expects the figure to drop to 80,000  over the next decade, putting the total closer in line with 2000 levels.

China Merchants Bank,  the country's fifth largest bank by market value, has 400 branches  and sub-branches in more than 30 cities around China.