No consumers will eat the cost of a bunch of boomers who want to keep using cheques.
And here's what will happen: the non boomer consumers will choose a cheaper bank. So unless the government wants to pick up the bill any sensible company will tell those senior citizens to get with the times.
It pays to have empathy to all cross sections of society, not just the ones that are the most visible. :)
All of this just because our society is to stupid?
Old people are not stupid, they are just old. They should be able to either teach themselves or being teached.
Our society should focus on helping them to navigate the current world and not try to keep things like checks alive.
And I'm pissed about this though because I believe it's a mindset thing which needs to change to be able to act on real problems like climate change.
When I talk to old people about solar energy holy shit do they care more about how those Solarpanel look at buildings then the benefit of them.
If we don't help those people they are being limited by society one way or the other anyway!
No you don't. You can scan them in many cases these days, or mail them in. Can also deposit in ATMs.
I cash checks all the time and haven't physically been to my bank in over 20 years, as the nearest branch is ~3000 miles away.
The government invents money by the billions die these guys. The least they can do is provide some service.
Gov creates money not the banks. They do have operational costs.
And it is not one person who needs to accept checks, every branch has to support this.
I have not been to a bank for the last 10 years. They are obsolete. And those buildings are expensive and they have to be able to compete with online banks. It's not even an option for them to just keep those buildings.
PS I was just at my bank and I'm not even super old :)
Why I was at the bank? I had to cancel a credit card I never used, and had to show my latest ID.. Here in Europe banks are supposed to validate ID regularly now which is a real pain in the **. I don't get why either, it's not like I change identity very often :) It's just more distrust from the government I think.
No I didn't go there to withdraw money or to pay bills. Though it can still be done. In fact for some government transactions, like getting a new ID, it has to be done. You have to go to the bank with a government form, pay your 20 euros into the government account, and the bank stamps the form as proof that you did it. Then you take that to the police and they issue a new ID.
This is also in Spain by the way (like the article).
Yeah I hate this process too. But I like that old people can still do things the way they understand.
Very weird but unlucky you I guess :)
I used swipe typing and I was a little bit off and didn't notice it. Oops. But I think it's pretty clear from the sentence what I intended.
Your ageism is showing. Hopefully you're never in a management position in an American company, because that attitude will get you fired for violating federal discrimination laws.
Moreover, just wait. You'll get your turn.
I work in technology enough to distrust it greatly. I had a multi-week saga one time because I used an electronic pdf signature instead of printing it out. I still get people freaked out when my resume is digitally signed in acrobat.
I will stick to my dead tree banking.