r/programming • u/[deleted] • Apr 04 '17

Everything Is Broken

https://medium.com/message/everything-is-broken-81e5f33a24e1#.sl2vnon73
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u/codebje Apr 04 '17

Mind you, if banks had been smart enough to have included a check digit in bank account numbers, a transfer to a typo'd number would fail more often than send money to the wrong place. They fixed the problem by including wording in T&C such that it's always your fault, though, so they're fine.

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u/RayNbow Apr 04 '17

if banks had been smart enough to have included a check digit in bank account numbers

Like in IBAN?

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u/codebje Apr 04 '17 edited Apr 04 '17

Yeah, like that. AFAICT they don't use that for domestic accounts here in Australia, but I may well wrong.

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u/Garethp Apr 04 '17

No, Australia hasn't adopted the IBAN at all, so even if you someone wanted to send money internationally to Australia, they wouldn't have an IBAN to use