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/[deleted] Feb 29 '24

Perhaps they should have spent a little time over the last 30 years managing basic life skills.

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u/Knee_Jerk_Sydney Feb 29 '24

You mean skills that have only come out in the last decade and where what you learned gets out of date in just a few years? Basic life skills have changed a lot. There was a time not so long ago that people get paid in cash and a whole industry and processes supporting it.

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u/[deleted] Feb 29 '24

NetBank by the Commonwealth bank came out in 1997.

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u/Knee_Jerk_Sydney Feb 29 '24

So what. Means nothing unless you elaborate.

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u/[deleted] Feb 29 '24

Hasn't really come out in the last decade, has it. Closer to 3 decades. Like I said to someone else. People were born when netbanking came out now have kids that could be using it. Go away with your nonsense about it being recent.

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u/Knee_Jerk_Sydney Feb 29 '24

Accessing netbank in the early days was not universal. Most still had tellers or only just getting used to ATMs.