• kilgore@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    I left the US nearly 20 years ago and couldn’t believe that Germany didn’t use checks…like at all. I haven’t written or used checks in 20 years and wonder why they’re still around.

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      1 year ago

      I’ve owned cheques at some point but in close to 25 years of doing bank transactions I’ve never actually seen one filled out or the possibility of using one even mentioned. Even as a kid I can’t remember one ever coming up in conversation. I remember one time that my parents got travelers cheques and that stood out so I’m pretty sure I’d have noticed regular ones. I’m 40 now and it’s just always been a curiosity from the movies.