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Re:Europe Is Going After Google Hard, and Google May Not Win by cynicalkane on Friday July 15, 2016 @10:45AM (#12101320)
> People in the US still use cheques. And they have to pay (a lot) to print those. Chip cards? No, let's use our fraud-prone magnetic stripe cards.

There's a fascinating lack of awareness here. These are examples of Americans forced into sub-standard technology by government overregulation. At least the chip cards are being fixed.

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Re:Europe Is Going After Google Hard, and Google May Not Win by _of on Friday July 15, 2016 @10:47AM (#12101341)
<rant> Checks are the most annoying part of paying my rent in the US. In Europe it was just a few clicks online. Here it sometimes takes two weeks until the landlord clears the check. </rant>
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Re:Europe Is Going After Google Hard, and Google May Not Win by snuxoll on Friday July 15, 2016 @11:54AM (#12101854)
So glad my landlord is awesome, she banks with Chase, I bank with Wells Fargo - since both banks support clearXchange under their own brand (Chase QuickPay, Wells Fargo SurePay) I can just send my rent payment to her email address through online banking and it is in her account within 2 days, makes life easy for me and she loves not needing to wait for a check in the mail or having to cash it.
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Re:Europe Is Going After Google Hard, and Google May Not Win by xbmcuser on Saturday July 16, 2016 @07:40AM (#12106022)
Even that is slow I really don't get why banks are allowed to keep your money for 2 days for online payments. Here I transfer money it is in the other persons account in a few min.
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Re:Europe Is Going After Google Hard, and Google May Not Win by JoeAltmaier on Friday July 15, 2016 @10:48AM (#12101346)
Dwolla!
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