Banking Pun Gets Gonged

Lending is nothing to joke about these days, as a SunTrust Banks Inc. executive learned at the Risk Management Association's annual conference Monday.

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During a seminar on where to find commercial loans, one panelist — Richard Buczynski, the chief economist at IBISWorld — said tortilla factories made the list of the top 80 industries with growth potential.

Fellow panelist Dev Strischek, senior credit policy officer at SunTrust, quickly asked: "And what are the prospects for roll-ups in the industry?"

The pun drew a few boos and some snickers.


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