Why Are Bank Branches Closing?
Sometime in the near future you may have to. Four years ago, I lived a short walk from the Sydenham branch of Santander, and a somewhat longer walk to the Penge branch. The latter closed in June, 2017; the former closed the following June. The Forest Hill branch, a very long walk or short bus ride away, has also closed. Shortly, the Beckenham branch and the Catford branch will be closing too, which means my nearest branches will be Lewisham and Bromley. This is inconvenient for me, but living as I do in a city that has some of the finest public transport in the world, that is all it is. Driving in London is an entirely different problem, and Im glad I dont. People in other parts of the country and in other countries have it far worse. Imagine you live in a small rural American town and you have to take a bus or a taxi to reach your nearest bank fifty miles away. Cash will be used less and less, indeed cash has already been effectively outlawed in many places. For example, London buses and London Underground no longer accept cash, havent for some time. You need to buy an Oyster card or pay by debit card to travel. Other cities, other nations, other continents, are moving in the same direction, indeed, it has been suggested biometrics could replace cash for travel. You heard that right. Pippa King knows all about this. You know what is happening, but it isnt for our convenience. In Britain, if you want to pay cash into someone elses bank account, you need ID. Thats right, not simply to draw money from your own bank account but to pay money into someone elses. This is an anti-money laundering requirement, we are told. In the United States, the war on cash  and it is a war  has gone much further. Police officers and airport security regularly seize cash from travellers  small quantities and at times extremely large quantities. There are lawyers on YouTube who discuss this. All the police have to do is say they believe the money is being used for or is the proceeds of crime. Prove it isnt. People who want to recover their money need to go to court to do so, and pay their own legal fees. Sometimes the police will offer them half their money back. Remember this next time you see Black Lives Matter or Antifa thugs attacking police officers. Remember it before you back the blue. It is the result of their closing, and the result of the war on cash that is the real issue here. Way back in 1995, David Icke wrote:  Today if you go into a shop to buy food and your credit card is refused by the computer, you can pay with cash. You are at the mercy of the computer. If it refuses your card or microchip, you have no means to purchase anything.  They laughed at Icke then. Ah yes: Thats a conspiracy theory. More to the point, if its happening, it isnt a theory. Wake up now, because at some point in the very near future, it will be more than social media that cancels you if you offend some lowlife in a high place. Help us grow. Support The Duran on Patreon! Read Later Add to Favourites Add to Collection Report