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And free if I remember correctly. I never used it because my bank was like "Fees might apply". Trying to figure out which fees and how much was pretty much impossible.
In Germany itβs generally 1β¬ per transaction π€‘
Thatβs rather the exception than the norm. All my banks charge 1β¬. All Sparkassen I researched you pay at least something:
https://www.sskm.de/de/home/service/echtzeit-ueberweisung.html
There it is 0.75β¬
Donβt doubt that but as I said, this is the exception rather than the norm.
Sparda Bank Berlin also allow free real-time transactions.
Sparda Bank Hamburg however does not.
This is so weird.
This is the least weird aspect about the Sparkassen system. They served their purpose but are being obsolete these days.
Sparda Bank β Sparkasse
True, of course. But the Volksbanken are similar to the Sparkassen when it comes to confusing customers.
In Greece is 4-6β¬ per transaction for every 100β¬π (now we have created the interbanking system called IRIS which you can send money to an IBAN linked with your phone number for free)
I canβt wait for the day when consumers can cut banks out of their lives.
How would you get loans without banks?
From the central bank at slightly above policy interest rates. Cutting out as many middlemen as possible should be imperative for our age of technology.
That is until we have gotten rid of the central banking system β¦