[LINK] RFI: Overseas Payments

[Jan Whitaker]

At 10:28 AM 19/03/2014, Jim Birch wrote:

>Anyone remember when you could just hand someone a ten dollar bill without
>some rent-seeking organisation taking a cut?  :)

I don't begrudge the institutions doing the transference of 
international funds, as long as they aren't gougers (e.g. bank 
behaviour). They have a business to do that, including the 
communication systems, the staff, the risk, etc. It's better than 
hauling currency yourself and paying for the travel, etc. I'm just 
glad we live in an age where this is possible and that banks aren't 
the only option any more. I just wish I'd found out about it sooner. 
It wasn't until a bank I had been with for 15+ years that I got fed 
up with their greed. I keep very little of my funds in them. Just 
enough to pay bills. I don't intend to encourage them any more than I have to.

Jan



Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
jwhit at janwhitaker.com

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