Keep cheques for now, says rural lobby group
11 Jan, 2021 07:05 PM
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BNZ, ANZ and Westpac are curtailing the use of cheques in a few months. Photo / Bevan Conley.
BNZ, ANZ and Westpac are curtailing the use of cheques in a few months. Photo / Bevan Conley.
RNZ
By Tom Kitchin of RNZ
Some rural communities fear the phasing out of cheques this year is coming too fast, too soon.
They say reliable internet must come first before they rip up their chequebooks.
Sharron-Davie Martin, who lives on a farm in Loburn near Rangiora in Canterbury, sometimes has to pay $500 a month for her internet, even though she has serious problems with using it.