Richard Stallman on Nostr: [01/02] The UK says it will require banks to offer access to cash within a 3-mile ...

[01/02] The UK says it will require banks to offer access to cash within a 3-mile distance of a depositor's local community: https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/aug/17/uk-banks-will-have-to-ensure-access-to-cash-within-three-miles-ministers-say This is a good policy in principle, but I fear British banks, with their propensity to close accounts to avoid inconveniences for themselves, will game the rules by implementing them in reverse, like this: "Dear Sir or Madam, we are compelled to close your account on account of the fact that we have no ATM within 3 miles of the village where you...