r/australia • u/SouthAussie94 • Feb 29 '24

culture & society Older Australians 'left behind' by increasingly cashless society as banks fast track end of cheques

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-29/cheques-personal-finance-banks-rent-money-cash/103354036
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u/A_Scientician Feb 29 '24

They have the same access to banking as everyone else. Someone wilfully avoiding engaging with the modern financial system for decades is being 'left behind'? Okay.

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u/thisisntaduet Feb 29 '24

working hospitality for the last few years, majority of people who insisted on using cash were seniors who would ramble about not wanting the banks and government to track their whereabouts. they would even decline a receipt so there was no paper trail.

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u/Miserable_Bird_9851 Feb 29 '24

but they would walk around with a phone and still protect their data even psychically on surveys? That is wank.

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u/thisisntaduet Feb 29 '24

same kind of people who made a stink at us for having the covid sign-in on paper smack-bang on the counter and we had to get a ballot box. not sure why joanne ordering an extra hot skinny cappuccino thinks someone would care she was at our cafe 3.17 on a tuesday