Bateman moment: which bank has the coolest business cards?

I just got my new ones today. I wanted them to say Analyst - Investment Banking Advisory, but there's been a decision to call it the Investment Banking Group, so I didn't really get to choose. Nice texture though. I wish I could have sneaked 'Origination & Execution' on there somewhere, because that is certified badass.

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Mine are pretty standard, with company logo and colors. I was super excited when I first got them but now I sometimes even forget to bring them with me on business trips. taylorman, I suspect by his comment that he is still in college and got them prior to starting.

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What exactly makes a business card "over the top" ?

I remember 3 yrs ago Goldman had the GS embossed with 22 kt gold flake, but that was as over the top as Id ever seen until that point.

soul09:
Morgan Stanley, but then again I don't have many cards being a student and having a limited network. I've never seen a Lazard one, but I would imagine they would be over the top as well..

On a side note..

HBS has some pretty darn looking cards.

 

Haha it's really funny you mention this because when choosing between my top two choices for the summer, I showed my dad business cards from both banks and jokingly told him that the better business card would win... all the while thinking of that scene in American Psycho.

 

ghosht -- I have always been approached by all parties at client / buyer meetings for my business card. In fact, I've had Partners come up to me and specifically asked if they missed it in the swap. If you go into every meeting feeling as though you are a nobody, people will treat you as a nobody.

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CompBanker:
ghosht -- I have always been approached by all parties at client / buyer meetings for my business card. In fact, I've had Partners come up to me and specifically asked if they missed it in the swap. If you go into every meeting feeling as though you are a nobody, people will treat you as a nobody.

Good advice.

I know for us whenever I go to a meeting there we always conduct the 'swap' at the beginning and everybody wants everybody else's card...regardless of title...typically so they can, at the very least, organize them in such a way that they match the people sitting at the table in case they forget someone's name, etc.

Regards

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I have your mom's business card on hand and, frankly, it's a little bit large for my taste.

"You stop being an asshole when it sucks to be you." -IlliniProgrammer "Your grammar made me wish I'd been aborted." -happypantsmcgee
 

JPM - Raised lettering. Off-white. Watermark on the back.

Next in line- MS - Raised lettering, thick, and a darker, almost tan color. Beautiful.

BAML - Has a water mark and raised lettering but says Bank of America at the top with that logo. The watermark on the back is the ML Bull though. It lives.

 

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