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🆕 blog! “What isn't realtime?”

There are a few heartstopping moments when you have to transfer a Very Large Amount of Money. Will the bank deny the transaction? Will I have to remember my mother's cousin's dog's maiden name? Will the money arrive safely? I clicked the "Transfer Your Life Savings" button on the website. An hourglass appeared. I flipped […]

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Terence Eden’s BlogWhat isn't realtime?
JamesB

@Edent Oof yes. When I transferred the "deposit" for our house last year, despite me treble checking the account details by phone and e-mail, being supervised by a bank manager after signing stuff to agree that "are you really sure?" I still had that sense of overwhelming dread that it could all go wrong.

Thankfully it was fine.

@Edent For some reason I feel that a cheque would have been a better feeling.

@mw1cgg @Edent My deposit transfer didn't go well. I mean it did, but I had to transfer it in severl chunks of £20,000 using the phone app. I did this in front of a manager at the branch as well, and for some reason this was the most efficient way of doing it.