Well, that's not quite true: the ATMs from which cash can be withdrawn in North America and which, as we know, can be found in every 24-hour kiosk, hotel and sports pub have not yet been removed. but the fees for turkey rcs data withdrawing cash have risen considerably. At some machines, you have to pay three percent of the withdrawal amount as a transaction fee. A nice business in a time of negative interest rates for the banks.
And that brings me to the main topic of my prediction about what will actually happen in the digital world in 2019: the abolition of the financial and insurance system as we know it today. Loans, insurance, overdrafts, investments and everything to do with accounting will be moved to smartphones. Staring, typing and speaking into the magic rectangle that already makes any direct human communication impossible today will be intensified even further.
By the way, I thought it was nice to have George Orwell's "1984" in my hotel room at The Standard High Line in NYC, still in good condition as a book. Orwell was actually only off by thirty years. In the "Brave New World" not by much. Oh yes: Merry Christmas, dear "personal" readers, and a Happy New Year.