Yeah, it sounds like it’s much better implemented there. I’ve always found it stupid that in today’s age of everything being digital, that it could take more than a day for money to go from point A to point B, especially since it’s not like trucks are being loaded with gold or money or anything like that, its all centrally managed anyway, from what I understand, the us attempted to start a system back in 2023 that would allow for real-time transfers of small denominations, when they got a scare that blockchain was gaining traction, but I don’t think it ever went anywhere.
Bank accounts are very different in the states, through, while a good portion of the people here do have bank accounts. There are a handful that just never open one. They exclusively cash their checks at a store like Walmart or something like that that handles check services (which have a fee to do). ACH is generally free as long as it’s a deposit, wire transfer out is sometimes fee’d and the same with wire transfer in. And some banks don’t easily show your routing or your account number in order to be able to set up a transfer. Like I have four banks myself and of those four banks, one of them I have to call to get that information. One fees me on wire out with no fee on deposit, a one restricts how much I can wire out at a time (I think it’s 300 daily) and the last one I have no issues. Only 2 of them show the info needed for it right in the app. I agree that 90% of the time. I would much rather have a wire transfer, but it can be a hassle at times.
Yeah, it sounds like it’s much better implemented there. I’ve always found it stupid that in today’s age of everything being digital, that it could take more than a day for money to go from point A to point B, especially since it’s not like trucks are being loaded with gold or money or anything like that, its all centrally managed anyway, from what I understand, the us attempted to start a system back in 2023 that would allow for real-time transfers of small denominations, when they got a scare that blockchain was gaining traction, but I don’t think it ever went anywhere.
Bank accounts are very different in the states, through, while a good portion of the people here do have bank accounts. There are a handful that just never open one. They exclusively cash their checks at a store like Walmart or something like that that handles check services (which have a fee to do). ACH is generally free as long as it’s a deposit, wire transfer out is sometimes fee’d and the same with wire transfer in. And some banks don’t easily show your routing or your account number in order to be able to set up a transfer. Like I have four banks myself and of those four banks, one of them I have to call to get that information. One fees me on wire out with no fee on deposit, a one restricts how much I can wire out at a time (I think it’s 300 daily) and the last one I have no issues. Only 2 of them show the info needed for it right in the app. I agree that 90% of the time. I would much rather have a wire transfer, but it can be a hassle at times.