At 16:22 +0100 01/06/9, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I've applied to open an account with a bank in France and was dismayed
>to see that any euro cheques issued on a French account can only be
>used within France, as the banking systems are incompatible! This
>seems a major drawback to having a single currency.
Alas, you are right - same story as with letter stamps !
But we are said that this is only temporary : in a near future, we
are supposed to have cheques valid anywhere in the Euroland. Even if
emmitted by a French bank, certainly the worst !
Now, the most elegant way to get rid of that is to use credit cards :
usable anywhere, with no cost within the Euroland.
Louis
