86400's New Name?

modsec802 on 12/05/2022 - 16:47
Last edited 17/05/2022 - 09:52

I always thought 86400 was a crap name for a bank as it's hard to remember.

I see they are about to rename, any guesses on what it'll be?

I'm guessing it'll just become UBank?

Update: 17 May - became "ubank" as many people guessed https://www.ubank.com.au

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  • spackbace on 12/05/2022 - 16:48
    +49

    86 401

    • modsec802 on 12/05/2022 - 16:49
      +17

      x86 420

      • Switchblade88 on 12/05/2022 - 19:00
        +12

        420 69?

        • watwatwat on 13/05/2022 - 00:00
          +3

          B4i√uru/16?

          • O15 on 15/05/2022 - 13:55
            +7

            @watwatwat: Guessing the bank's new name, not Elon's next baby.

    • LFO on 13/05/2022 - 15:40
      +9

      86401

      1000 0110 0100 0000 0001

      Obvious.

      • endotherm on 14/05/2022 - 23:04
        +4

        (1000)₂ (0110)₂ (0100)₂ (0000)₂ (0001)₂ = (8)₁₀ (6)₁₀ (4)₁₀ (0)₁₀ (1)₁₀ .
        It should read (10101000110000001)₂ = 86,401₁₀ .

    • Vote for Pedro on 15/05/2022 - 19:59

      400 86

  • flagger on 12/05/2022 - 16:50
    +11

    365 24 7

  • payton on 12/05/2022 - 16:52
    +20

    90210

  • holdenmg on 12/05/2022 - 16:57
    +8

    867-5309

    • pjetson on 12/05/2022 - 20:15
      +5

      Hey, that's Jenny's number!

      • TooSerious2 on 14/05/2022 - 13:15
        +2

        ScoMo's dial in case of emergency

        • holdenmg on 15/05/2022 - 09:55
          +1

          ScoMo keeps dialing it and it is engaged. lol

  • 7ekn00 on 12/05/2022 - 16:59
    +22

    80085

  • Clear on 12/05/2022 - 17:05
    +1

    Tictoc? Owait no that's Adelaide and Bendigo Bank.

  • Jimothy Wongingtons on 12/05/2022 - 17:16
    +8

    How about… ghost mutt?

  • non-core promise on 12/05/2022 - 17:17
    +24

    Serious answer:

    When it became clear UBank couldn't compete with 86 400 (they both had similar accounts, deposit $x, get bonus interest rate), NAB just gave up and used their deeper pockets to buy 86 400 instead.

    The plan from the very beginning was to absorb 86 400 into UBank. 86 400 technology, UBank branding.

    86 400 has terrible SEO, UBank and NAB have been around for much longer and have much better brand recognition. UBank's technology is horrible and almost as bad as traditional legacy banks.

    Obviously, UBank's "digital division of NAB" branding is only skin-deep if it's taken this long to fully assimilate 86 400. It smells of legacy cruft you'd typically expect from big banks.

    • djones145 on 12/05/2022 - 18:13
      +17

      that's the usualy model for start up, grab a customer base then sell sell sell

      • ribze1 on 13/05/2022 - 20:30
        +11

        Built for sale not for scale.

    • inconspicuous on 13/05/2022 - 08:33
      +8

      Ubank is pretty closely tied to "legacy" NAB according to a software engineer colleague that worked there. It runs very differently to other neobanks, partially because they didn't exist when it was created.

    • t_c on 14/05/2022 - 13:04
      +3

      Didn't NAB also buy citibank, on a bit of a spending spree.

    • stewy on 15/05/2022 - 00:52
      +1

      From past experiences with UBank I would have said their online banking was far worse than CBA.

    • spaceflight on 15/05/2022 - 23:30
      +1

      UBank's technology is horrible and almost as bad as traditional legacy banks.

      Yet they are the only bank I know of that has auto sweep between accounts.

      • MrFrugalSpend on 16/05/2022 - 23:08

        other banks like to profit off your dishonour fees

  • silenthillrocks on 12/05/2022 - 17:29
    +6

    86400u

  • Blugok on 12/05/2022 - 17:33

    :24x60sq

  • original15 on 12/05/2022 - 17:49
    +6

    i86 400

  • FireRunner on 12/05/2022 - 17:51
    +42

    It changes every five minutes with a randomly generated number for maximum security

  • MS Paint on 12/05/2022 - 18:05
    +6

    86400 V2.0

  • cashless on 12/05/2022 - 18:20
    +2

    Screw U bank

  • MrMarket on 12/05/2022 - 18:25

    Luna00 ??

  • Misplaced on 12/05/2022 - 18:26
    +1

    U Bank is a pretty, um, not-quite-the-full-bean kind of name. They had a better platform with a catchy but quirky / obscure kind of name, so of course they went with the dumb name that is not at all cool.Besides, it's boring.

  • peterpeterpumpkin on 12/05/2022 - 18:28
    +5

    Just came here to agree about the stupid name. I sometimes switch the 4 and the 6. And it's the only bank I can derive a log or cos from in Google Search.

    So anyway, my answer is 62616e6b.

  • Misplaced on 12/05/2022 - 18:29
    +25

    X Æ A-12

    • iDroid on 12/05/2022 - 21:58
      +4

      Sorry I didn't quite get that. Could you please pronounce that again.

    • MrFrugalSpend on 16/05/2022 - 23:11
      +1

      I didn't think it was possible to feel sorry for the richest rich kids on the planet… but with that name… son X and daughter Y …

  • SF3 on 12/05/2022 - 19:25
    +4

    481 1111

    • qazwsx on 16/05/2022 - 06:33

      Been at least 25yrs since they popped a 9 in front of that. No idea how you have been ordering your pizzas all this time.

      • SF3 on 16/05/2022 - 09:42
        +1

        Internet killed the Telephone order.

  • Ryk on 12/05/2022 - 19:27
    +6

    86399, because you know there's downtime.

    • stumo on 16/05/2022 - 16:56

      Probably more than 1s of downtime per day though.

  • Daabido on 12/05/2022 - 19:41
    +9

    It was a perfectly cromulent name as long as a large percentage of the population enjoyed basic multiplication.
    60 x 60 x 24, the number of seconds in a day.

  • avoidfullprice on 12/05/2022 - 20:55
    +1

    A four letter word

  • imrichkid on 12/05/2022 - 21:40
    -4

    No one cares.. I pay in cash for everything.

    • ds311 on 13/05/2022 - 22:47
      +9

      I also pay cash for online shopping. It's easy, just insert the notes into the cd drive.

      • MKBHD on 14/05/2022 - 00:01
        +9

        I insert mine into floppy drive because I don't buy anything over 1.38 MB

  • iDroid on 12/05/2022 - 21:55
    +15

    It's simple to remember. It's the number of seconds per day 86400…

    I'm pretty sure they yelled out into the tech room "hey what's a good number to call this business" - random software guy glances at screen and sees

    #define SECONDS_PER_DAY 86400

    we know how this ended…

    pro tip - techs don't make good marketers.

  • onetwothreefour on 12/05/2022 - 22:15
    +23

    DisabledUser86400

  • netjock on 12/05/2022 - 22:33
    +7

    NABstar (like jetstar)

    • modsec802 on 13/05/2022 - 09:17
      +7

      bankstar

      • netjock on 13/05/2022 - 09:18
        +1

        heheheh of the big4 they have never been a banking super star but they can aspire to be!

    • leech on 14/05/2022 - 15:24
      +1

      Loanstar

  • Nutrino on 12/05/2022 - 23:26
    +1

    To the moon bank?

  • [Deactivated] on 13/05/2022 - 07:29
    +1

    Citi

  • JIMB0 on 13/05/2022 - 08:28

    1440

  • anthony t on 13/05/2022 - 09:55

    I'd call it 40404040. We've all seen it.Technically, it's hexadecimal packed blanks. It meant the program wasn't properly written or tested. Now, companies release 'pre-release' software and invite suckers to use it and bellyache about it. The good-ish companies would then use the complaints to fix the program. The company saves lots of development work. It's also the number of seconds in 4.6764 days!

  • antkey on 13/05/2022 - 18:49

    00468

  • CBrads4 on 13/05/2022 - 19:45
    +7

    0118 999 88199 9119 725… …3

    • pjetson on 14/05/2022 - 15:43
      +1

      Damn, you got just one digit wrong and now you have to type the whole thing in again…

  • BargainDude2 on 13/05/2022 - 20:07
    +1

    NAB-ed your bank
    86400 problems but competition aint one
    404: customer service not found
    WOW many numbers much bank

  • GeneralSkunk on 13/05/2022 - 20:11

    Oh, I always found it easy to remember. I used to be a PHP (web backend) programmer. Often hard coded in 86400 in calculations involving Unix time because that’s the number of seconds in a day.

    But I’m no 86400 customer.

    • trapper on 14/05/2022 - 00:30
      +1

      yuk, use a const aye

  • Jagd on 13/05/2022 - 20:27

    Intel 80486

  • Dreamcast on 13/05/2022 - 22:57
    +1

    3.14159265359

  • plasmog on 14/05/2022 - 04:29

    420Epicbank69ACAB

  • MrFrugalSpend on 14/05/2022 - 08:35
    +3

    They could put it to a public Vote on the internet, that's never ended badly before:

    i86400 2.0
    The Harry Baals Bank
    Banky McBankFace

    • McFly on 15/05/2022 - 00:16
      +1

      86400 Mc86400Face

  • CalmLemons on 14/05/2022 - 09:23

    USTBank Or LunaBank

  • bargainr on 14/05/2022 - 10:24
    +1

    131 888

  • Ryballs on 14/05/2022 - 11:25
    +1

    1337h4x0rb4nk

  • silenthillrocks on 14/05/2022 - 12:36

    Homestar finance

  • holdenmg on 14/05/2022 - 12:59

    scomo v2 = 72666 82
    (dunno why the 666 is there)

  • t_c on 14/05/2022 - 13:05

    Sounds like some kind of new battery

  • jonagrah on 14/05/2022 - 13:40

    i84600

  • SpaceNinja on 14/05/2022 - 16:17

    58008

  • Bullion78 on 14/05/2022 - 17:49

    nab

  • ronnknee on 14/05/2022 - 18:31

    New 86400 XL Deluxe All Stars

  • DiscoJango on 14/05/2022 - 18:45

    69-420 would be very easy to remember

  • CheapAddict on 14/05/2022 - 20:55
    +2

    their FAQs say it will be going under the UBank branding but on the 86400 platform
    https://www.86400.com.au/faqs

    TBH i actually think the UBank branding looks terrible and dull. 86400 whilst having a strange name looks a lot better IMO. I hope they don't adopt the ugly UBank colours.

  • windrc on 14/05/2022 - 21:32
    +2

    94811111

  • vinnychase on 14/05/2022 - 21:39

    86400 Plus. ‘Everybody’s doing it why not us’

  • iDroid on 14/05/2022 - 22:02

    WeSave

  • Godric on 14/05/2022 - 23:16

    I agree never liked the name & hard to remember even tho, i guess they heard

  • McFly on 15/05/2022 - 00:19

    86450XT

  • bdl on 15/05/2022 - 01:01

    uNABk

  • mitty on 15/05/2022 - 07:43

    If is it Ubank, then that means that for those who had accounts with both, they'll probably have two Ubank Apps for a while until they shut down the old Ubank Infrastructure which could be very confusing… The more important thing to worry about is will all the benefits, terms and conditions and most importantly savings interest rate stay the same? Rates should be going up but no movement… yet.

  • Typical16-bitEnjoyer on 15/05/2022 - 09:53
    +1

    13 11 66

  • hopper on 15/05/2022 - 12:07

    96 XXX

  • nosnorb on 15/05/2022 - 12:20
    -2

    If they're thinking of sticking with a numerical theme - they could go with 9,547,000. Instead of seconds in a day, it's dollars loaned to fossil fuels globally since 2016 by NAB.

    • saltysalt on 15/05/2022 - 17:12

      Damn that's grim. Literally screwing our kids. Great!

    • Tsuivan on 15/05/2022 - 21:21
      +2

      If that number is accurate then it's not an issue. $9m is a rounding error to a business like NAB.

    • rits07 on 16/05/2022 - 12:20
      +1

      9.5mil is very small compared to 9billion across bug 4 banks

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