The younger citizens will be targeted by new entrants into the payment system like Facebook and Google. These companies will not be providing any physical means to make payments. Weight of numbers will see the current Banks move quickly that way to head off the challenge. It will change quicker than you think and is already being planned now.
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The younger citizens will be targeted by new entrants into the payment system like Facebook and Google. These companies will not be providing any physical means to make payments. Weight of numbers will see the current Banks move quickly that way to head off the challenge. It will change quicker than you think and is already being planned now.
Yeah maybe if you exterminate all the older people..lol. Mobile phone (and watch) based payments have been available for years. It's not new. I use GooglePay. Banks don't need to head off any challenges, they already provide non card-based payments. In fact they work together with the likes of GooglePay already. There's no advantage in a bank alienating customers. Cards will remain viable for a long time to come yet. And we're not just talking about payment cards. There are all sorts of cards.
PS Facebook have large issues already regarding shonky goods advertisements. They have a lot of work to do to gain trust in the payments arena.
You maybe right
This article discusses the plans of the big tech giants
Facebook, Apple and Google pose threat to big four dominance, says RBA
The dominant position of banks in the financial system could be challenged by a new wave of high-tech rivals, the Reserve Bank says.
You maybe right
This article discusses the plans of the big tech giants
Facebook, Apple and Google pose threat to big four dominance, says RBA
The dominant position of banks in the financial system could be challenged by a new wave of high-tech rivals, the Reserve Bank says.www.theage.com.au
That article talks about the ability of banks to assess credit risk. As we know a large part of a bank's services relates to lending. There's no doubt a change in payment methods is occurring after being card-based for so long. I'm sure sometime int he future you'll be able to Face scan a payment. No devices needed at all.
KR,
Mail to the membership dept to complain. I have and they are sending me a one off 2020 membership card but none in future years. I have complained and suggested that we could pay a couple of dollars extra for future cards if the club is so desperate for money. They are taking that suggestion on board but drop them a mail anyway
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Al,
The idea of the international membership is we get Watch AFL as part of the deal so we can watch matches in real time. With a three game membership we wold lose that deal. The club are just being petty penny pinchers
The club insist on sending me a scarf despite me telling them every year not to bother. Mine go to the local charity shop and during winter I see a surprising number of Tigers supporters wandering around my small country town !
Yep, and I, with my Roaming Tiger ticket for the game (printed on paper), stand behind those trying to get into the game using their phone and wait until their glacially slow and unreliable technology works - all I can say is: paper is compelling technology, so reliable, no need for network access, easily replaceable, can be dropped without breaking.
Then again, I pay for most things with cash. The tech titans can pay me if they want info about my life.
DS
If I was going to mail them it would be to bemoan the lack of thought and courtesy put into communication with members. I get the reasoning. Just disappointed in the execution.
For those wondering about the International category: Before the "International" Membership launched as category I used have a "Country/Interstate" supporter pack (3-games included if you notify the club) with a Watch AFL add-on. I'd post my card and lanyard back to my brother and tell him to use it if he wanted. Then they introduced the International Membership including the WatchAFL subscription as a seperate category. Makes sense. Slight reduction in membership cost.
They've also added a one game admission this year as well.
The cynic in me thinks they added 1 game to qualify for some "AFL membership" category. Why they won't honour MRC membership with that 1 game is beyond me. I guess they didn't think it through enough and are now making up categories on the fly.
International Membership, the non-game day add-on membership that can be bought on it's own and gives you access to a game.
Ok - so I buy six membersips each year. One for myself and five for grandkids for part of Xmas. Not only did they not arrive in time for Xmas I am also missing a membership card and the merchandise for one of my Grand daughters. Of course I can not complain or look into this until after 7 Jan. Pretty annoyed with the whole thing really. Biggest club in the country and cant get membership stuff right smacks of a lazy attitude to me. Seems that out of my six memberships something goes wrong every year without fail. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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