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Tim Streater wrote:
You do make it sound like cheques were some form of ancient universal
payment system which must be kept at all costs. But it's not so. My
parents never had a current acount. Although they did have a bank
account or two. And I'm willing to bet many 'youngsters' don't have a
chequebook these days either.

I'm glad to see you acknowledge that cheques constitute a universal
payments system.

I actually said the reverse. ;-)

But I'd be happy to see the demise of cheques,

It has more or less already happened. I really can't remember the last
time I used one.

provided they are replaced by some other equally universal system that
is not subject to hackers.

Cheques will be processed electronically anyway? And they're hardly fraud
proof.

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