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[-] Habnab@kbin.social 22 points 2 years ago

Which open source software can I use to transfer money?

(not crypto)

[-] my_hat_stinks@programming.dev 9 points 2 years ago

Why use a third-party at all? It's been trivial to send money via bank transfer for a long time, check your banking app or website and you'll likely find a way to send money with just an account number + sort code. If your country has a system like faster payments the transfer will be near-instant too.

[-] guywithoutaname@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago

"bank transfer"

Laughs in US.

[-] naught@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago

America has Zelle which does instant money transfers by email/phone. It's private but it works in my banking app, is totally free, and is instant

[-] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Zelle is a private company and not "America" wide. Your bank has to support it.

Otherwise, youre stuck in the paypal/venmo/cashapp loop with the rest of us.

[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Yay for private interests lobbying our government!

[-] Habnab@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago

Banks are proprietary software

[-] my_hat_stinks@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago

Okay? But you presumably do still have an account with a bank or building society, right? So why use a third party when you can request a transfer from them directly?

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago
[-] my_hat_stinks@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago

Ironically enough it's the opposite. Banks answer to shareholders, building societies answer to its members. Building societies compete with banks, if they're unheard of in the US that certainly does explain the state of the US banking system.

[-] FakeGreekGirl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago

We don't have building societies in the US, but we do have similar institutions called credit unions.

[-] optissima@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

Not in America! Every bank transfer is a series of hoops that is a pain to jump through which take days to update.

[-] yetAnotherUser@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

You don't have some system like IBAN allowing you to just send money to whichever bank you want within ome or two days (or in real time but with a fucking fee but that's about to change)?

[-] FakeGreekGirl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 years ago

Not a universal one, no. But there is one that a lot of banks use called Zelle.

[-] yetAnotherUser@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago

Truly, capitalism breeds innovation™

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