Send money to a customer’s checking account using their debit card number

Re:Send money to a customer’s checking account using their d... by jareau on Friday May 16, 2014 @12:21AM (#7753715)

> Why is the USA one of the only first-world countries that have such prevalent usage of cheques

I'm actually thinking about writing a blog post explaining my theory behind why this is the case. Would that be interesting?

tl;dr of my theory: geographic size and decentralized gov't in the US allowed a paper cheque system to outlive other countries'

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Re:Send money to a customer’s checking account using their d... by beedogs on Friday May 16, 2014 @12:25AM (#7753732)

Also probably the reason slavery lasted so much longer past the end of the civil war in parts of the South. Interesting parallel I guess, as paper checks seem just about as antebellum to me now.

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