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I'm sick of 'Wells Fargo', 'TCF', and '1st Bank of Boring'. I want 'Secret Offshore Bank' on my checks. I don't care if it's based in Omaha, listed in the phone book, and subject to all the same government scrutiny. That's no reason it can't have a name that projects an image of daring.
Baked
http://www.bankofbermuda.com/ Shirley? [DrCurry, Oct 04 2004]
Checks Unlimited
http://www.checksun...ted.com/default.htm Print your own theme [FloridaManatee, Oct 04 2004]
Bank of England
http://www.bankofengland-ar.com/ Bank President is Gary Canada. [waugsqueke, Oct 04 2004]
Side of a Cow
http://www.snopes.c...s/bank/cowcheck.asp Snopes' take on the Cow-cheque story [zen_tom, Jan 24 2005]
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It probably wouldn't be good for business. And "daring" is not something I want my bank to be. |
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Me neither, yet Citibank dares to charge me monthly checking fees, mysterious "service charges," and various other nickle & dime costs. I might as well use S.O.B. |
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The bank is boring; just it's name is daring. Sort of like Wolf Blitzer. |
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oh yes, anything to make me look the slightest bit interesting would be lovely. |
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There are British online banks called Egg and Smile. Is that good enough? |
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For some reason, I like the name of the "Fifth Third Bank". |
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There's a bank in the northeast US called Fleet, which is named after a brand of enema. |
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"The Left Bank", of course, would patronize you. |
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Maybe banks should offer cheques (with all the usual security and cashier-soothing features) and other banking bric-a-brac with any bank name you choose printed on them, perhaps with "an imaginary division of x bank" printed underneath in very small type. |
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Bank of America, after which a Continent was named. |
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//Actually, as long as the routing/account numbers are present, you could write your checks on banana leaves and the bank is obligated to honor them.// |
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Yes, but they would be free to impose significant surcharges for checks that aren't amenable to their automated equipment. Such surcharges can be quite large. |
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Au contraire, to someone who grew up wanting to be a cowboy, or maybe a sherriff, Wells Fargo has always conured up an image of derring do. |
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Fifth Third. I never got that name. In Toledo, they have 'Fifth Third Field,' which is arguably the dumbest name for a baseball diamond in history. Of course, the Toledo Mudhens play there, so what do you expect? |
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The bank offering special accounts for doctors:
"The Mounte Bank"
-- As an aside, my Gran banks
with the Bank of England, which is something which very
few people are able to do (for US readers, this is like
banking with the Federal Reserve, I think). She has given
me cheques in the past which always get commented on
when I pay them into my bank. The cheques, by the way,
are printed in black and white and are very beautiful. I
think this sort of bank account might be what [ry4an]
needs to enhance his image. |
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Now this may sound a bit like sour grapes (probably because it is), but how is this an idea? I mean, I'd like my bank to be called "Eric" but if we all posted an idea for what our bank should be called then the 'bakery would just fill up with (more) rubbish, wouldn't it? |
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Well, if I get enough offers I'm willing to start up the Bank of Bob. Now, how much can I expect to see in your account, bliss? |
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hippo, your Gran lives in Arkansas? (link) |
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A collection of great American bank names... (found on banksite.com): |
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Bank of Wedowee
Eva Bank
Bank of Pocahontas
Bank of Yellville
First National Bank of Hope
Vintage Bank
The Bankers' Bank
Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank
Chevy Chase Bank
Shoreline Bank
Wolverine Bank
Bank of Yazoo City
First National Bank of Picayune
Bank of the Rio Grande
Flushing Savings Bank
Blue Ball National Bank
Eureka Bank
First State Bank (Happy)
Today's Bank
Bank of Jackson Hole |
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At work we bank with the Office of Her Majesty's Paymaster General, which to be totally confusing isn't actually a bank at all. Those wacky civil servants. |
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