More than 80 people were arrested in New York in the latest demonstrations against corporate greed which sparked global protests.
Two police officers were injured and were taken to hospital. Police spokesman Paul Browne said 42 people were arrested in Times Square after being warned repeatedly to disperse; three others were arrested earlier while trying to take down police barriers.
Two dozen people were arrested at a Citibank branch when they refused a manager's request to leave. Most were detained for trespassing. Five others were arrested for wearing masks.
About 10 people were loaded into a police van at a Manhattan park after midnight after police announced the park had closed.
Last night the demonstrators filled Times Square, mixing with onlookers, Broadway showgoers, tourists and police to create a chaotic scene in the midst of Manhattan.
"Banks got bailed out, we got sold out!" protesters chanted from within police barricades. Police, some in riot gear and mounted on horses, tried to push them out of the square and on to the pavements in an attempt to funnel the crowds away.
The Occupy Wall Street demonstration was replicated in London and all over the world.
Violence broke out in Rome, where police fired tear gas and water cannons at some protesters who broke away from the main demonstration, smashing shop and bank windows, torching cars and hurling bottles. Dozens were injured and 12 demonstrators from several Italian cities, especially in the south were arrested, the Italian news agency reported. Police said they seized clubs and incendiary devices from the protesters.
Tens of thousands nicknamed "the indignant" marched in cities across Europe, as the protests linked up with long-running demonstrations against government cost-cutting and failed financial policies. Protesters also turned out in Australia and Asia.
In Canada, hundreds protested in the heart of Toronto's financial district, some announcing plans to camp out indefinitely in St James Park and protests were also held in other cities across Canada from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Vancouver, British Columbia.
In Mexico City, a few hundred protesters gathered under the towering, stone Revolution Monument to protest at "exploitation" by wealthy elites. In the border city of Tijuana, about 100 protesters gathered in the banking district, including many university students protesting against the lack of jobs for graduates.
In the US, among the demonstrators in New York withdrawing their money from Chase was Lily Paulina, 29, an organiser with the United Auto Workers union who lives in Brooklyn. She said she was taking her money out because she was upset that JPMorgan Chase was making billions while its customers struggled with bank fees and home repossessions.
Other demonstrations in the city included an anti-war march to mark the 10th anniversary of the Afghanistan war.
Some made more considerable commitments to try to get their voices heard. Nearly 200 spent a cold night in tents in Grand Circus Park in Detroit, Michigan, donning gloves, scarves and heavy coats to keep warm, said Helen Stockton, a 34-year-old midwife from Ypsilanti, and planned to remain there "as long as it takes to effect change".
"It's easy to ignore us," Ms Stockton said. Then she referred to the financial institutions, saying: "But we are not going to ignore them. Every shiver in our bones reminds us of why we are here."
Retired teacher Albert Siemsen, 81, of Milwaukee, said he had grown angry watching school funding cut at the same time that banks and corporations gained more influence in government.
Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick visited protesters in Boston's Dewey Square for the first time. He said that after walking through the camp, he better understood the range of views and was sympathetic to concerns about unemployment, healthcare and the influence of money in politics.