MeisterEckhart wrote on Feb 12
th, 2023 at 10:10am:
Belgarion wrote on Feb 12
th, 2023 at 10:03am:
Time was when the local bank was a pillar of the community where the manager and staff knew the local people and understood their needs, tailoring services to suit and not letting people get in over their heads. Now banking has become an impersonal money generating machine with no thought given to the individual beyond how much money can be screwed out of them for 'services' they don't need and may even be detrimental to their finances.
The depersonalisation of service via electronic banking has largely contributed to this.
However, who would deny that online banking is exponentially more convenient than back in the day when you had to walk into your bank to withdraw cash to pay bills? That’s about as far as electronic transactions and credit cards should go … everything else was good the way it was as Belgarian wrote… how good it was to walk into a bank and be greeted by staff and bank manager that knew your name.
It’s all changed now… so matter of fact and no warmth.
First they forced customers to do less in bank transactions towards internet or atm transactions, by reducing tellers.
Now that’s done… next is to force us away totally… to digitised money/no cash.
It’s very much like that now… our bills come out with direct debit… work payments goes into the bank account. People can do funds transfer online when they buy something off you.
So it looks like I’m hardly touching money anyway.
I see the crimes squad or whatever they’re called, in NSW are going to eventually eliminate cash in pokies.
I like how our local pizza offer free can of drink if we pay cash.
Don't forget they're already starting to phase out cheques. Com bank announced last month that it wasn't going to issue any more cheques or cheque accounts. The oldies that rely on cheques in more rural settings will be snuffed. They don't know how to use electronic, banks are closing and now they can't use cheques.