A mentor of mine made the point IIRC: In eastern Germany they skipped checks for cards and it catapulted their payment systems to transcend the first world pay

A mentor of mine made the point IIRC: In eastern Germany they skipped checks for cards and it catapulted their payment systems to transcend the first world payment systems within the decade. Please correct me if I'm wrong. I think great depressions in tech yield necessary solutions; necessity and invention...