I’ve been mindful of the ways companies can track my spending habits, and so have been increasingly keen on using cash and avoiding mobile banking/payment apps like the plague. I realize that this varies by country and might be a bit far out, but the thought does linger in the back of my mind. If current trends continue, how much longer until they take cash and browser-based banking from us? Or will there be a reason those options should continue to exist (and be easily usable) far into the future? And perhaps:
- What else can I, as an individual, do about this?
- Is there a tendency for larger banks or smaller credit unions to push towards mobile-only online banking?
- What does it look like in countries where cashless and mobile payments are the norm?
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It’s a little sad, that your kids only want digital things. Only one of my three kids sometimes want something online. I don’t think that your kids needs is general. I know a lot of kids, of any age, who like to save up, and buy real stuff.
I’ve been traveling quite a bit, and cash always works. You do you here, and I do me. :-)
Of course the politicians should drop their love of having homeless people to scare the rest of us, and instead help them. But until that happens, then it’s nice to be able to give them a little. My daughter love the smile a homeless person gives her, when she hands him/her a little money.