> And convenient electronic payments > doesn't in anyway empower users? Maybe you did not understand the article? It did not argue about convenience but about

> And convenient electronic payments > doesn't in anyway empower users? Maybe you did not understand the article? It did not argue about convenience but about peoples control over their wealth. > Also, if people are unbanked and below the poverty > line I would expect they would be more concerned with > getting by than "Orwellian levels of surveillance." In many cases this is a big problem as it allows the Orwellian government to have larger control over people.