Comments on: Wegman’s http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/archives/2007/07/wegmans Ben Hyde Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:18:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: James http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/archives/2007/07/wegmans/comment-page-1#comment-916 James Thu, 19 Jul 2007 06:22:34 +0000 http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/archives/2007/07/wegmans/#comment-916 Walmart is also <a href="http://consumerist.com/consumer/quite-obviously-evil/walmarts-tries-to-become-your-bank-with-the-walmart-moneycard-267682.php" rel="nofollow">getting in on the action</a>. The comments in that post are interesting - firstly, some people claim it's for undocumented immigrants, others call it a stupidity tax and there's another anecdote from someone with a bad credit rating due to health bills. In particular, he notes deposited money is available immediately, which is an idea some banks <a href="http://luyer.livejournal.com/12922.html" rel="nofollow">seem to have trouble with</a>. In Australia the credit card systems are <a href="http://www.rba.gov.au/PaymentsSystem/LegalFramework/standards_access_regimes.html" rel="nofollow">quite highly regulated</a> which is probably better than a government-run system. Walmart is also getting in on the action. The comments in that post are interesting – firstly, some people claim it’s for undocumented immigrants, others call it a stupidity tax and there’s another anecdote from someone with a bad credit rating due to health bills. In particular, he notes deposited money is available immediately, which is an idea some banks seem to have trouble with.

In Australia the credit card systems are quite highly regulated which is probably better than a government-run system.

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