South African Bank Picks Risque New Name By American Standards

“Grindrod.”

It picked the name back in 2006 (reference here).

Grindrod Bank logo

Apparently, the words “grind” and “rod” don’t mean the same thing in South Africa as they do in colloquial American.

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