Re:Microsoft Store doesn't accept Bitcoin anymore
by 1123581321 on Saturday March 12, 2016 @04:46PM
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It's actually not. The US and the UK have the same percentage of adults using financial services (91%.) France, Germany, Spain, Luxembourg, etc. have a higher percentage; others have lower such as Norway and Portugal (and Switzerland!.) The average for the US and Europe is 92%. http://mckinseyonsociety.com/downloads/reports/Economic-Deve...
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Re:Microsoft Store doesn't accept Bitcoin anymore
by mrsuprawsm on Saturday March 12, 2016 @06:13PM
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In the UK we're phasing out cheques within 2 years. They're incredibly uncommon and used by pretty much nobody.
The majority of, if not all, government benefits are paid directly to a bank account.
It is essentially impossible to live as a functioning adult without a bank account in 2016 in the UK.
Re:Microsoft Store doesn't accept Bitcoin anymore
by 1123581321 on Saturday March 12, 2016 @06:25PM
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Not true - there is an initiative in the UK started years ago to phase out checks, but it faced a lot of backlash and delays and is not anywhere on schedule. Checks are uncommon in the US as well, by the way, but you can see from the statistics I linked that cash and checks are still used in both countries.