WTF Paypal?

[Lawrence]

There is a new system being rolled out in Europe that does exactly this, but IIUC it's being rolled out in stages. First stage is things like utility bills, you get them in the mail, click pay.

[Tsaukpaetra]

@Lawrence said:

get them in the mail, click pay.

E_DOES_NOT_COMPUTE

[Lawrence]

OK OK, you get the bill in the inbox of your secure banking interface, and you click pay (or not). Happier?

[Tsaukpaetra]

@Lawrence said:

Happier?

Of course not! That still results in decrease of money!

[powerlord]

You know he took over David Letterman's show, right?

[anotherusername]

@Lawrence said:

OK OK, you get the bill in the inbox of your secure banking interface, and you click pay (or not). Happier?

Utility bills are really not a good application for a payment process like @ixvedeusi described, because

• advanced identity verification is kind of pointless: their product is delivered directly to your house; who but you would want to pay the bill for it?
• it's still more convenient to just put it on automatic payments and be done with it; all of my utility bills get paid automatically

[FrostCat]

@powerlord said:

You know he took over David Letterman's show, right?

TIL. I haven't watched Letterman in like a decade. Probably longer.

[Lawrence]

@anotherusername said:

- it's still more convenient to just put it on automatic payments and be done with it; all of my utility bills get paid automatically

Right, but this is supposed to replace/improve the current automatic payments.

[anotherusername]

It's not an improvement. At least not from my perspective, the customer.