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GloboHomoErectus on scored.co
9 months ago2 points(+0/-0/+2Score on mirror)1 child
It will be done like here in Sweden:
Internet banking was introduced in 1996, it was slightly annoying but way quicker than going to the bank or post office to pay your bills because it used one time passwords from a scratch card.
The system improved over time introducing a a chip and pin two factor authenticator device in 2003 making banking from your PC really easy.
As soon as the iPhone broke through the smartphone barrier the mobile BankID app was introduced. It's about this time that they started increasing fees for banking in person, imagine having to pay a $12 fee for a $40 bill at the post office.
Combine that with post offices closing down due to budget cuts and most smaller towns only having one bank people drifted over to internet banking over time and accepted BankID as a part of life. No post offices exist anymore, only affiliated grocery stores for packages.
All I can say is expect budget cuts for the post office, locations shutting down, and for the banks to reduce the amount of employees to make banking physically an absolute pain.
You may be on to something. Trump has already fired the post office board and is expected to end the United States Postal Service. The buildings and equipment will either be privatized or taken over by Department of Commerce.
Internet banking was introduced in 1996, it was slightly annoying but way quicker than going to the bank or post office to pay your bills because it used one time passwords from a scratch card.
The system improved over time introducing a a chip and pin two factor authenticator device in 2003 making banking from your PC really easy.
As soon as the iPhone broke through the smartphone barrier the mobile BankID app was introduced. It's about this time that they started increasing fees for banking in person, imagine having to pay a $12 fee for a $40 bill at the post office.
Combine that with post offices closing down due to budget cuts and most smaller towns only having one bank people drifted over to internet banking over time and accepted BankID as a part of life. No post offices exist anymore, only affiliated grocery stores for packages.
All I can say is expect budget cuts for the post office, locations shutting down, and for the banks to reduce the amount of employees to make banking physically an absolute pain.