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Bank Transfer Day is a gawdawful name. I saw one CU person’s tweet alluding to it as BTD. Ugh.
What the hell does it mean? Transfer your money from one bank account to another?
Yes, I know full well it’s about moving your money OUT OF a bank (and into a credit union). But how is that obvious to the 99%?
One friend (who shall remain nameless unless he tells me it’s OK to attribute this to him) suggested calling it Tell Your Bank To Shove It Day.
Now we’re talking.
How about CU Later Banks! Day? (Or is that too obvious?)
Or maybe Break The Bank Day is better. On second thought, Durbin’s already pretty much proclaimed 2011 to be Break The Bank Year.
Spank Your Bank Day is another option. Too violent?
I don’t know what the right answer is, and it doesn’t really matter what I think since nobody is going to change the name based on what I have to say. But maybe I can get the powers to be to rethink the name.
Having said that, who are the “powers that be”?
If you know, please let me know. Because after I ask them to change the name, I’m going to suggest that they change the date. Doing this on a Saturday isn’t the best idea.
And who came up with that picture? It looks like The Joker from the Batman series and movies.
What do you think the day should be called?