The debit card fee driving US banks crazy

Re:The debit card fee driving US banks crazy by UrMomReadsHN on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @04:42PM (#8956177)

> I did have a vague idea that many still use cheques over there

Almost nobody uses checks anymore. I do, but I'm old and cranky. ;)

Actually, the only time I use a check is to pay rent because check or money order is the only way my landlord accepts payment. Apparently there is something called "e-checks" or something but writing out a check once a month isn't a pain point for me.

And it was required to write out a check (or money order) to get my US passport.

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Re:The debit card fee driving US banks crazy by mkopinsky on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @06:33PM (#8956929)

My bank prints a check once a month and snail mails it to my landlord. As far as I'm concerned it's an e-check, and I think with certain vendors my bank will actually send it electronically rather than by snail mail.

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Re:The debit card fee driving US banks crazy by UrMomReadsHN on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @06:37PM (#8956951)

Yep, that's what people were telling me an e-check was. But I haven't looked into it myself, I just haven't because I mail a check without even thinking about it. Its just been engrained in me as a habit.

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Re:The debit card fee driving US banks crazy by GordonS on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @05:43PM (#8956647)

Businesses do.

At least, several of them keep sending us cheques as payment for our products, even though we keep asking them to use wire transfers :/

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