Burkan Bank*

Smiles | April 5, 2012, Thursday // 19:23

A: Did you hear the news? EFG Eurobank is about to sell its unit in Turkey to Kuwait's Burgan Bank.

B: Are you sure it is Burgan Bank? Or Burkan Bank?

*burkan – Bulgarian for a jam jar; referring here to the times of the bank crisis in Bulgaria during the late 90s when people preferred to stuff their money into jam jars instead of approaching banks

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