My moan of the month,
Like many of us who travel,buy tickets online use foreign ATMs have you noticed there are two speeds.
Customer service speed aka PISS POOR
When you transfer your own funds to yourself ofetn 2-5 WORKING days even between advacned English speaking realms Sydney to ING in Hawaai r Ireland to England etc
Fron 3rd world or to smaller savings loans etc many days/moons
BANKSTER SPEED
Almost speed of friggin light
Since my bank now offers a text alert I found the real speed of deals is faster than I can type.
We all know a visa or mastercard/amex/jbc card debit is quick
You use that ATM ,swipe your card at the duty free etc and Bingo its gone
The delays online is not verifying your card its the system at Amazon .Air Asia or Ebay and no doubt Langley keep us all tracked.
So cash can whizz out electronically in under a second but when you need a re-credit days
Of course this how these fatcats graze off all of us and why crypro currency is a threat,they've broken confidence in BITCOIN and any serious rival will be bought out or crushed but digital looks like the future .It'll be at risk from a pulse cased by war or solar flare which could stop transactions.
For these emergencies a few groats and some surplus labour aka kids maybe your finest investment (terms and end of term bonuses may apply)