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It's not. It's just another database entry row. It's controlled by your bank and the receiving bank. It can be initiated without me being present. It can be ini

It's not. It's just another database entry row. It's controlled by your bank and the receiving bank. It can be initiated without me being present. It can be initiated remotely. Comparing it to cash is dumb.

tshirthoodie 3y ago
It's a digital abstraction of cash. Are you happy now?
mixmastamyk 3y ago
As mentioned you’re one of the folks who doesn’t understand there are at least two types of transactions in banking, reversible and non. One gives advantage to the seller and other the buyer. No one-size-fits-all and still quick type.
- satvikpendem 3y ago
  Why can't they both be reversible?
  - mixmastamyk 3y ago
    Because the seller doesn’t want it to be and won’t proceed with the transaction if it is. Imagine you’ve sold a car, the buyer drives off and later reverses the payment. For very large transactions we have escrow—but isn’t quick by design.
    - astrange 3y ago
      There's no such thing as an unreversible transaction. There's merely transactions they don't want to reverse, which means you may have to go to court first, but you can still get the other side to send it back if you win.
      - mixmastamyk 3y ago
        You could lose the case or the other party could disappear. This happens in almost every fraud case, i.e. very frequently. A new potential court-ordered opposite transaction is not what people think of when they hear reversible.
        astrange 3y ago
        It's just a credit and a debit whenever it is. A reversal before it settles isn't actually much more real.
      - fragmede 3y ago
        tell that to the victims of wire fraud. they wire their savings to the scammers number, and then can't get it back, or at least, not all of it. Even after a court case.
        keep_reading 3y ago
        If the other end of the wire is a bank in the USA they certainly can get it back. It's only when the money has left the country that you're in real trouble
        mixmastamyk 3y ago
        When the money leaves the account, i.e. immediately in fraud cases.
        fragmede 3y ago
        To be clear, it's safe to assume the money's left the country in instances of wire fraud.

tshirthoodie 3y ago

It's a digital abstraction of cash. Are you happy now?

mixmastamyk 3y ago

As mentioned you’re one of the folks who doesn’t understand there are at least two types of transactions in banking, reversible and non. One gives advantage to the seller and other the buyer. No one-size-fits-all and still quick type.

satvikpendem 3y ago
Why can't they both be reversible?
- mixmastamyk 3y ago
  Because the seller doesn’t want it to be and won’t proceed with the transaction if it is. Imagine you’ve sold a car, the buyer drives off and later reverses the payment. For very large transactions we have escrow—but isn’t quick by design.
  - astrange 3y ago
    There's no such thing as an unreversible transaction. There's merely transactions they don't want to reverse, which means you may have to go to court first, but you can still get the other side to send it back if you win.
    - mixmastamyk 3y ago
      You could lose the case or the other party could disappear. This happens in almost every fraud case, i.e. very frequently. A new potential court-ordered opposite transaction is not what people think of when they hear reversible.
      - astrange 3y ago
        It's just a credit and a debit whenever it is. A reversal before it settles isn't actually much more real.
    - fragmede 3y ago
      tell that to the victims of wire fraud. they wire their savings to the scammers number, and then can't get it back, or at least, not all of it. Even after a court case.
      - keep_reading 3y ago
        If the other end of the wire is a bank in the USA they certainly can get it back. It's only when the money has left the country that you're in real trouble
        mixmastamyk 3y ago
        When the money leaves the account, i.e. immediately in fraud cases.
        fragmede 3y ago
        To be clear, it's safe to assume the money's left the country in instances of wire fraud.