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Yesterday on Spanish local tv show they showed how in a small rural town without banks / ATM's, a pharmacy dubbed as a bank / cash retrieval service in a rural

Yesterday on Spanish local tv show they showed how in a small rural town without banks / ATM's, a pharmacy dubbed as a bank / cash retrieval service in a rural town... In another town the banks shared an office and each day of the week was for one of the banks to recieve customers lol. WeBank Could have the same but backwards, give cash, recieve e-coupon, scan e-coupon in store.

alexf95 6y ago
I see that would make a lot of sense but of course you would need to set all this up in addition.
Mauricebranagh 6y ago
Why not just install an ATM in the pharmacy or don't Spanish banks allow their atms's to access other banks? Having a mobile bank that drives around is another solution.
- bkor 6y ago
  > Why not just install an ATM in the pharmacy In Netherlands we used to have ATMs in loads of places. Stores had semi-moveable ones. That stopped due to criminals blowing regular ATMs up. The explosives sometimes took out entire walls and made the entire building unsafe. Most stores removed those semi-moveable ATMs. Similarly, loads of regular ATMs were removed, especially ATMs close to a house. As Netherlands tried to do something about it the criminals started to attack the ATMs in Germany more. The criminals also often stole really quick cars, so Dutch police recently and finally have a few quick cars again. Before the quick chase cars the criminals often just outran the police. Oh, Dutch police take safety into account (try to minimize the risk for others).
  - Mauricebranagh 6y ago
    I suspect the Spanish Police would be less gentle here :-)
el-salvador 6y ago
The first example is very common in El Salvador too. The largest store in every town is usually a "financial correspondent" of one or more banks. The services available are: Remmitance sending/receiving, deposit and withdrawal using bank card, credit card payments, service payments (Eelctricity, Phone, University), service withdrawal, (Drive sharing driver withdrawals), among others. The tricky part for banks and businesses is offering services with similar deposit/withdrawal amounts so cash is always available without having to organize cash delivery to/from the bank correspondent.
p_l 6y ago
Some banks in Scotland do traveling bank, essentially a small bank office built into a lorry, serving areas with no other means of banking.

alexf95 6y ago

I see that would make a lot of sense but of course you would need to set all this up in addition.

Mauricebranagh 6y ago

Why not just install an ATM in the pharmacy or don't Spanish banks allow their atms's to access other banks? Having a mobile bank that drives around is another solution.

bkor 6y ago
> Why not just install an ATM in the pharmacy In Netherlands we used to have ATMs in loads of places. Stores had semi-moveable ones. That stopped due to criminals blowing regular ATMs up. The explosives sometimes took out entire walls and made the entire building unsafe. Most stores removed those semi-moveable ATMs. Similarly, loads of regular ATMs were removed, especially ATMs close to a house. As Netherlands tried to do something about it the criminals started to attack the ATMs in Germany more. The criminals also often stole really quick cars, so Dutch police recently and finally have a few quick cars again. Before the quick chase cars the criminals often just outran the police. Oh, Dutch police take safety into account (try to minimize the risk for others).
- Mauricebranagh 6y ago
  I suspect the Spanish Police would be less gentle here :-)

el-salvador 6y ago

The first example is very common in El Salvador too. The largest store in every town is usually a "financial correspondent" of one or more banks. The services available are: Remmitance sending/receiving, deposit and withdrawal using bank card, credit card payments, service payments (Eelctricity, Phone, University), service withdrawal, (Drive sharing driver withdrawals), among others. The tricky part for banks and businesses is offering services with similar deposit/withdrawal amounts so cash is always available without having to organize cash delivery to/from the bank correspondent.

p_l 6y ago

Some banks in Scotland do traveling bank, essentially a small bank office built into a lorry, serving areas with no other means of banking.