by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Sunday February 09, 2003 @06:17PM (#5266750)
We here in New Zealand have had a great system that has been in use for many years now called EFTPOS. You can use you banks cash card ANYWHERE. Even some of the local flea market stalls have this available. I hardly carry physical cash on me any more and I know a lot of other people out there are starting to do this. Even the banks are supporting this by making new bank accounts with lower fees if you do everything electronically.
People visiting us from overseas love this system and find it hard going back:)
What's funny is a pissant country of ~4million people has usable cash-less transactions sorted out while other larger countries are still messing around with a mishmash of cash and credit cards:)
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EFTPOS (Score:2, Interesting)
Even some of the local flea market stalls have this available.
I hardly carry physical cash on me any more and I know a lot of other people out there are starting to do this.
Even the banks are supporting this by making new bank accounts with lower fees if you do everything electronically.
People visiting us from overseas love this system and find it hard going back
This is the future of money.
Re:EFTPOS (Score:1)
What's funny is a pissant country of ~4million people has usable cash-less transactions sorted out while other larger countries are still messing around with a mishmash of cash and credit cards :)