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

[neil.mcevoy at ondemand-network.com]

Well I don't know if it is restricted, more likely just exclusive by
reality. ie a banking system is only of use to those with money to
transfer, and they'll welcome any one with it..


> No, it is that (productive forces) artificially restricted by obsolete
> national boundaries...
>
> On 4/9/07, neil.mcevoy at ondemand-network.com <
> neil.mcevoy at ondemand-network.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> 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
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>> >
>> >
>> > 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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