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aggi-
I'd like to understand this. You're not the first accountant I've heard say that but pretty much any financial spreadsheet or document I ever read from a bank or fund uses MM. I wonder if it's a convention that has only persisted for people working in certain sectors? I mean, MM predates M for millions by, well, centuries.
Stonehedge
It's defined in terms of the Planck constant now, not the physical kilo in Paris, so not stuck with kg technically anymore.
Incidentally regarding MM, it's no more consistent than anything else, as a billion isn't MMM in accounting it's Bn. It's just a convention and one no one else uses it. Everyone understands k, m, b or bn, t or tn or similar.