I blame football. Hubris leads financial institutions into sponsoring football clubs. (For unaccountable - literally - reasons, they like to see their names on footballers' shirts.) Thus Northern Rock sponsored Newcastle Utd; result nemesis and nationalisation. AIG sponsored Manchester Utd; same result.
As far as I am aware, HBOS does not sponsor any football clubs - so it is probably safe. On the other hand, RBS has a predilection for the Six Nations Rugby tournament - worrying.
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Bank of Scotland did sponsor the SPL until recently, though that is now in the hands of Clydesdale Bank so perhaps it's they who should be worried?
Also, last weekend saw West Brom v West Ham. West Brom don't have a shirt sponsor at the moment, while West Ham had pieces of cloth sewn onto their shirts to cover their sponsor...XL.com!
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