[consulting] How to send/receive money (was: being a listed consultant)

[neil.mcevoy at ondemand-network.com]

Now that's a hell of a use case scenario! :0

But hey, modern banking is only a bunch of computers/software with inputs
and outputs and some business rules....


> Put my name and contact info in a file somewhere, and contact me each
> time you come across someone who can even imagine starting a new
> currency, and electronic transfer system...  preferably with the
> further goal of eradicating poverty.   Maybe eventually we'll have
> enough people to do so.
>
> ben melançon
> 1-508-737-0582
> ben at melanconent.com
>
> People Who Give a Damn
> building the infrastructure of a network for everyone
> http://pwgd.org/
>
> Agaric Design Collective
> Open Source Web Development
> http://AgaricDesign.com/
>
>
> On 4/9/07, Sami Khan <sami at etopian.net> wrote:
>> Quoting Karoly Negyesi <karoly at negyesi.net>:
>>
>> > Awesome! So basically, it's IBAN transfer or nothing. That transfer
>> > is a remnant of a pre-Internet era, when the fastest communication
>> > literally was wiring (aka using a telegraph). I can't wait to see
>> > something fast and easy... but seeing how much the banks profit from
>> >  this for basically nothing, I can see how it will not happen in the
>> >  short time.
>>
>> Yeah, where rich corporate interests the prices will never go down.
>> The banks as they
>> exist are the most useless part of the electronic economy. You can
>> automate essentially
>> all their functions with a few supercomputers (or even 1) and save
>> consumers billions...
>> But then imagine all those bankers not getting any richer, GRIEF!
>>
>> Regards,
>> Sami
>>
>>
>>
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