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> we will be ending our banking relationship with Amber-Lace Entertainment Ltd.[0]

> We found out, after connecting with industry colleagues, was that they all thought we were pretty dumb having the business name we do and were surprised this didn't happen way sooner.

The name isn't what killed the business in my opinion because it is quite tame. Your risk was probably evaluated by some automatic process and no innocuous name could have saved it.

[0] https://www.coedcherry.com/fuck-banks.html [NSFW]




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