Payments:Unpacked

Payments:Unpacked

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This was banking in the 1970s

This was banking in the 1970s

Issue 270 | 21 February 2022

Feb 21, 2022
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In this edition of Payments:Unpacked Payments Past we feature an insight into banking in the 1970s - you’ll notice the still current themes of automation, cash distribution and the move to electronic payments.

You’ll also see electric vans ferrying cheques into the Lombard Street clearing centre, payment systems being settled manually, an early Bacs com…

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