Skip the Lattes, and the Gym: A Sassy Tween Offers Money Tips in Australian Bank Ads

'Sunny's Truth Bombs' aim to offer fun, simple advice

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It’s mortifying enough to get lectured by a child about your drunken-sailor, free-spending ways, but it’s even worse if the kid could be right.

Sunny, a truth-telling tween with a lethal side-eye, was first introduced in a music video-themed ad for Australia’s Suncorp bank in April. She’s back for the summer, and she’s become a statistics-spouting, belt-tightening ambassador to the Aussie public.

And though she’s arguably super cute, she’s also surprisingly polarizing, according to online feedback. (Read on!)

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