How's your bank doing?

[D2Cat]

This happened to a friend and he sent the link.

I tried logging into my bank this morning to pay my credit card bill and I got a message that said this service is unavailable… The login page would not even come up. This story tells about this problem being world-wide. It probably affected you even if you did not know it. The moral of the story is what you make it out to be. For me, it means keep cash on hand and keep my accounts up to date. You also may have to be ready to start paying bills by US mail again. I suspect that this is not going to be so rare in the near future.

Zerohedge

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

www.zerohedge.com

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[moses388]

Guess I'm old fashioned, I pay bills via U.S. Mail. Credit cards are okay, debit cards no way. Anything you can get into on the Internet, at least one other person in the world can too. If you want something to be secure, don't put it on a computer. Just my 2 cents.

 

[Son of Butch]

My banks are 100% fine.
I don't bank in New Zealand or Mexico.
On September 12 customers of Mexico's largest bank were unable to use their debit cards or ATMs for 19 hours. The bank blamed it on an internal failed computer system update. The bank gave cash bonuses to affected customers.

Seems the "Sky is Falling" Chicken Little crowd is running wild again.
p.s.
I always carry some glass beads and tobacco in a lock box in the pickup when traveling, in case I need to barter my way out of a pinch.

 

[Lee VanRoss]

I keep a PX4 in a shoulder holster for the same reason.

 

[Named'em Tamed'em]

I keep a PX4 in a shoulder holster for the same reason.

Walther ppk and pocket full of cash,you need to negotiate differently with some.

 

[sstterry]

Walther ppk and pocket full of cash,you need to negotiate differently with some.

Do you like your martini's shaken and not stirred?

 

[Named'em Tamed'em]

Do you like your martini's shaken and not stirred?

I'll Have an IPA please.

 

[greybeard]

The moral of the story is what you make it out to be.

I make it out to be yet another 'the sky is falling' article from Daniel Ivandjiiski aka Tyler Durden. There is a Reason FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority banned Ivandjiiski from ever again being a broker or acting like a broker

 

[D2Cat]

As the late great James Brown said to Eddie Murphy :

"Bury your money, out in the woods. Where the lawyers, agents & women can't get it."

Always loved that advice. Sounded crazy when I first heard it thirty+ years ago.

 

[Son of Butch]

As the late great James Brown said to Eddie Murphy :
"Bury your money, out in the woods. Where the lawyers, agents & women can't get it."
Always loved that advice. Sounded crazy when I first heard it thirty+ years ago.

And it still sounds crazy today. Your gut instinct and first reaction is often right.

IRS seized $40,000 in certified checks and $600 cash from James Brown prison cell.
James Brown and other tax cheats are the last people I would listen to for financial advice and the same goes for most any musician.

 

[greybeard]

James Brown is the last person I would listen to for financial advice and the same goes for most any musician.

willie nelson

 

[D2Cat]

Don't be overly concerned. In the fine print of the Fed's Digital Dollar Contract:

"Should an interruption of power occur, we have contracted with leading helicopter service companies (Amazon, FedEx and UPS) to initiate helicopter drops of money directly to your residential address."

 

[Son of Butch]

The clouds are hanging low... guess the sky really is falling.

 

[greybeard]

 

[HDRider]

Hit this company of you want to take out a bunch of smaller banks

Fintech | Financial Technology | Financial Services Technology | FIS

Advancing the world takes three letters. FIS helps clients use innovative financial technology to solve critical challenges and deliver superior experiences.

www.fisglobal.com

They provide most of the services for small banks

 

[sstterry]

I'll Have an IPA please.

But do you carry a Walther PPK like James Bond?

 

[Named'em Tamed'em]

But do you carry a Walther PPK like James Bond?

I had to Google it, maybe so. Looks close .

 

[Named'em Tamed'em]

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I had to Google it, maybe so. Looks close .

I like the size.

 

[sstterry]

It is all that Bond carries and has since the beginning.

 

[greybeard]

It is all that Bond carries and has since the beginning.

Yeah, but he has poison gas pens, a dart firing gun in his sleeve, a laser gun, and a bullet firing attaché case in addition to all the gadgets in his car..