And this SNL sketch from a few decades ago:

https://youtu.be/NWIlScfHwOU?si=64xMCQf8MHtho44H

Wero doesn't change that as it's just another interface for SEPA instant payments. In its current version, it just adds phone numbers as an alias. Via the phone number you can also find out their full name and, after a transaction, their account number, as long as they've enabled Wero for their account.

> you need to communicate your bank account number

in Latvia we need to do this for domestic payments anyway. We use IBAN even for domestic payments..

> and likely your legal name.

not mandatory. If provided, the bank tells you whether the recipient name matches the account, but if not, you can proceed with the payment anyway.

which... isn't really a problem for legal transfers, is it

> then explicitly authorize the receiver. Oh, and explicitly authorise the country

I've never had to do any of this, and I quire frequently send SEPA payments from Latvia.

While your complaint is valid, no need to separate in chunks, there's a checksum.

Apparently it's the same as the Dutch payment system but in some languages that "iDEAL" had wrong associations.

As terrible as these are, at least they aren't just random short English words.

The gibberish brand names on Amazon are a formulaic way to streamline trademark registration which Amazon requires for some features on their selling platform.

https://stemerlaw.com/2025/07/16/why-are-amazon-brand-names-...

Nothing more reliable than good old SPLARGLE kitchenware

I think they just use random generators to make a 5 digit string and ship it

Yeah its a bit bad LLLL.com are all taken I do have k4qr.com but its LNLL.

On the other hand though, there are still .org and .net if you are lucky.

I usually just use tld-list.com to find all the domains from a particular keyword and then you can buy one which can be nice (eg: I bought https://mirror.forum this way)

that being said, you can find the registration prices to sometimes be cheap but the renewal prices can be double the .com or more (which is around 8-10$)

For my domain of https://use.expert its renewal is around 40-50$ (4x .com price) but probably worth it as I really love it but I might drop a few domains like mirror.forum as its 20$ just doesn't feel worth it to me and I will just auction it in some forums, not really that sure at the moment

So TLDR: you can find some good names if really need be but the idea generally for these startups is to do something similar to what I am saying and then buy the .com later if/when they have the funds, personally I am not that big of a fan of .com but I do realize that I have more chances of remembering .com's because that's the default expectation of the internet.

I'm not actually sure Wubi and Tubu are better than something like Cashr tbh

We're appending "AI" now to English words, to match the Anguilla TLD that are fashionable and will never become dated.

- Mike, co-founder of MoistAI

Or adding "-ly" at the end.

"Just use Cashly!" "Download Crditly"

Vowels are _so_ 1900s

then add a second r and it's suddenly piracy or torrent related!

Obliteratr

Ah yes, that hot trend from 2010.

Reminds me of PingIt.

https://www.retailbankerinternational.com/comment/barclays-r...

You shouldn't need to wait for a day, instant transfers have been a thing for a while now. Unless you're in terribly bad luck to be stuck with one of the few banks that are lagging behind.

International money transfers, even between currencies, now take seconds whenever I do them.

The "map phone number to bank account" services do make this whole thing a lot easier, but on the other hand I kind of don't want to help scammers by giving them the option to look up what bank they need to pretend to be before dialing a number.

Entering an IBAN once in a blue moon is a cheap price to pay to not be the US's bitch imho

> write the recipient's IBAN,

You can do it once, and save in in your bank app.

> wait a day for the transfer to take place.

Isn't instant SEPA required to be supported by all banks now?

I split bills via Revolut?

I could do it via IBAN and it would mostly (not to all banks) instant.

My bank also allows payments via a phone number now. Tested once and it works, but everyone's used to Revolut for bill splitting here in Romania.

We have instant bank transfers in Europe. And you can scan a QR code for payment via IBAN.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPC_QR_code