 Lebanese trust in the banking sector is at an all-time low, explains Beirut-based economist Rosalie Berthier. People have close to zero trust in the system because they deposited their money and now it's gone. So it's much more difficult now to deposit money in a Lebanese bank. Majd Massri, the president of Lebanon's Syndicate for Money Exchangers, says the economy now largely runs on cash, mostly US dollar bills.