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laurenceroweyesterday at 9:21 PM1 replyview on HN

Cash handling also costs businesses money so I'm not sure it needs to be free, just strictly regulated.


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estebarbtoday at 4:08 AM

Many banks already require monthly or annual payments for keeping an account with them. They also use the money from deposits to lend it at high interest rates. It is not like the banks are not extracting much more than a fair share of revenue from a captive market.