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		buro9 on April 11, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sponsor the open source projects you depend on https://www.theguardian.com/money/2008/jan/07/personalfinanc... these things are still possible, you don't even have to know as much detail as this person gave out

ly3xqhl8g9 on April 11, 2023 [–]

Funny, but that seems more of a mistake on the bank side, and given that the article is from 2008, I am not surprised. Lots of things went wrong in 2008 on the banks side. Nevertheless, in principle, having a public IBAN is harmless.

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