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Re:Senators push to ditch social security numbers in light o... by baddox on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @10:05PM (#15659485)
I’m pretty sure that ACH is only a USA thing.
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Re:Senators push to ditch social security numbers in light o... by chki on Thursday November 09, 2017 @06:51AM (#15661633)
Yes it is. I actually didn't know what it was before looking it up.
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Re:Senators push to ditch social security numbers in light o... by socialist_coder on Friday November 10, 2017 @11:53AM (#15671135)
The grandparent comment is using ACH but he means the EU equivalent (whatever it's called, I'm not sure). Paying for things in EU with a direct bank transfer is very common. Almost every online shop takes it, every bill you might need to pay, even when just sending money to a friend - direct bank transfer is common.

For me with my German bank account, sending money this way always requires a one time use code. The code is not digital, the bank sends you a list of 100+ codes printed on a piece of paper. So, I'm not really worried at all because there is no possible way for a scammer to get my codes.

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