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Coincidentally, Channel 4 in the UK broadcast a series called "The Bank of Dave" in 2012 where a resident of Burnley called David Fishwick tried to launch a bank of the same name.

They subsequently couldn't get a banking license, and dropped the "Dave" name.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnley_Savings_and_Loans

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I can't decide if that's funny or a shame. It is kinda funny the idea that someone would want to incorporate a bank featuring a name which, in the UK context, has come to by synonymous with a sort of average working class bloke. But it's kinda odd that the organization was refused a banking license then could (presumably?) only get one after that name was not involved. It isn't offensive in any way, I can't help feeling that if had a name associated with a higher class (Sebastian, Cuthbert, Peregrine, pick one) it would've been fine. The funny thing is that ultimately it was well-meaning and objectively for the public good - in that wikipedia article there is this quote:

> After six months of trading, BSAL had returned a profit and passed it on to various charities, including local food banks and community centres

Oh and for non-Brits the name "Dave" gained a bit of prominence starting in the early 00's, like the character "Dangerous Dave" referenced in the popular Da Ali G Show and a TV channel called simply "Dave" famous for re-running popular British programming from some other channels. It's not for no reason, I think the name "David" was quite popular until recently. To the extent that at my dad's work there were enough that they needed qualifier to disambiguate the different "Davey"s - Big Davey, Wee Davey, Young Davey, Auld Davey ... etc.

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