On 2015-02-03 11:16, Peter Loron wrote: > As someone else has noted, the current financial system is broken. Run by > companies who limit innovation and security to improve their profits. It is > also heavily balkanized. Transferring funds across systems and across borders > is expensive and slow. Credit/charge cards are > 50yr old technology. WTF? > > I have hope that a decentralized scheme like Bitcoin will either triumph or > force the incumbents to up their game.
Banks are absolutely horrible at transfering money on our behalf, especially when crossing a borders (nobody can't guarantee how much fees you'll end up paying, but, trust us, "it's reasonable"). Alternatives are coming (check with your accountant before using them!): https://bitpay.com/ (I've had good exp. with them) https://transferwise.com/ (not fully setup in the US yet) -- http://yves.zioup.com gpg: 4096R/32B0F416 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
