OFF THE TICKER : Don’t Bank on Them Taking This Advice

Florida writer Andrew Tobias, author of the popular “Managing Your Money” software for PCs, has some free financial advice for NCNB Corp., the North Carolina-based banking giant that changed its name to NationsBank as a result of its merger with C&S;/Sovran.

“Think of the millions of dollars they could save on new signs and stationery if, instead of NationsBank, they changed their name to ‘Nation’s Cutest Nicest Bank,’ ” Tobias says.

The proposed name, Tobias adds, would have the added virtue of softening NationsBank’s tough-guy image.