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Have you ever tried to make a wire transfer on a weekend?

Having access to your money outside of banking hours is just one of many use cases I can think of off the top of my head.



The vast majority of the time, you don't need a wire transfer. And if your debit/credit card doesn't work on the weekend, you need a new bank; That's not the fault of banking as a whole.


Sure. But, examples like buying a high end guitar off criagslist, or a car from a private party, aren't less of a use case because they aren't every day transactions.


The vast majority is not enough. The phrasing isn't "innocent until statistically guilty".


I live in Europe and routinely do bank transfers in seconds on weekends.


iDEAL? or something else?


This should be resolved next year with FedNow: https://www.frbservices.org/financial-services/fednow/about....


SEPA Instant works in seconds regardless of time of day. Next question?


Not everyone lives in the eurozone my friend.




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