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What better way to dramatise how different First Direct is from ordinary banks than creating a campaign featuring a platypus – a mammal that looks like a bird – as the hero? The new brand strategy 'the unexpected bank' we created is still used as their tag line. Unfortunately, the platypus is still waiting for his next role.