It is simply incredible how governments do never decided that banking is a public service They did https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girobank https://en.m.wikipe

It is simply incredible how governments do never decided that banking is a public service They did https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girobank https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girobank https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_Office_Money https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_Office_Money A passport is enough to prove your identity isn't fake Theoretically, perhaps, but in practice anyone who needs to validate identity will ask for multiple forms of ID.