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> Yeah, that's not "a world" it's just the USA. "In a world" is a figure of speech which acknowledges the non-universality of the statement being made. And no
by dqv 1y ago
> Yeah, that's not "a world" it's just the USA.
"In a world" is a figure of speech which acknowledges the non-universality of the statement being made. And no it is not "just the USA". Canada and Mexico are similarly slow to adopt real-time payments.
It is wild to tell someone "don't assume" when your entire comment relies on your own incorrect assumption about what someone meant.
- SideburnsOfDoom 1y agoThere is better commentary on the same basic point regarding SEPA / Faster Payments / FedNow and how the US lags world-leading practice in the other thread here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44738579 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44738579 It's a bit more substantial, and less complaints about the semantics of the wording.