The newly launched app-based 'First UK Cyberbank' says that it could not find a sassy, wacky and cheeky name, because all the good ones had gone. And it isn't thrilled with its initials, either.
'People will still remember Goldfish, Egg and Smile,' said a spokes-suit. 'Online customers know about Starling and Atom and Zilch and Biscuit and Monzo and Revolut. We wanted a short, memorable and snappy name too, but it was not to be.
'Our preferred list of names included Zing, Bazooka, Blammo, Squirl, Spank, and Willy Wonga. Unbelievably, all these names had already been registered. So we moved down our list. Bread, Moolah, Do$h, Lolly, Wedge, Dough - all taken. Smackers, Ackers, Spondulicks, Shrapnel - all gone too. And it turns out that Snatch, Bajingo and Fandango are NSFW.
'So that's how we ended up as a bank with a really dull name. We're the Colin of banks.
'Incidentally, when we checked, we could have called ourselves Colin. But that was too wacky, even for us.
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