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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faster_Payments_Service / http://www.fasterpayments.org.uk/about-us/benefits-faster-pa... : 24/7 accessible from internet banking in the UK.

(US banking is technologically backwards even by the normal low standards of the banking industry, partly due to less aggressive pro-consumer regulatory coordination)



Interesting, however in Sweden I recently had to wait six(!) days for a transfer occuring during christmas + normal weekend. It would have been faster do post a letter with the money :P




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