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> There was a time when communications networks really did rely on tubes.
> This increased the capacity of the network link tenfold, allowing ten messages to be sent each minute.
> Paris developed the most extensive network - it opened in 1879 and was capable of delivering a message anywhere in the city within two hours.
> Improvements in communications technology, and the use of vehicles to carry mail, meant tubes were no longer needed to send messages.
> When it comes to interpersonal communication, sending texts or emails is now so cheap and easy that messages pile up, and the speed of the network becomes irrelevant: the limiting factor is our human inability to cope with the incoming deluge.
> The story of the pneumatic tube reminds us that the occasional need to step from the digital back into the physical realm is as old as digital networks themselves.
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If you do not know what pneumatic tube is then let me take you back to the 1850’s when it was invented. A pneumatic tube is a system where cylindrical containers are transported through pipes by a partial vacuum. When this system was invented mostly post boxes used this, but the banking sector also had a lot of use of it. Sending documents and cash trough within a large bank building became easy and very efficient back then. It was during this time both telephone and fax machine became a reality. Banking what they knew in the 1850’s has once again changed with the efficient interconnectivity of banks. Messages by post or carrier services which would have taken days are now taking minutes through fax and telephones. This industry has not been really disrupted until the 1960’s with the commercial computer being available. With the introduction of automated teller machine (ATM) in the 1960’s, the ques in the banks did see a significant drop over the years to come. Very soon in 1980’s online banking was getting noticed which was mostly used by bank teller staffs. Then in 1999 SMS banking became available and then finally 2010 mobile banking caught on. Why did I take a trip down the memory lane?
Every time a new technology came in an older technology faded away. Like for instance, the traveller’s cheque is out of use and even very few people use chequebook which will cease away soon. The uses of fax machines have also declined in the banks. No one uses SMS banking anymore, in fact, it was very short lived as zip drive. If you do not know what that is and know what floppy drive is, then is just because zip drive had a short shelf life. ATM machine’s lines are further reduced due to mobile banking. These disruptive technologies also have a shelf life, some of them stay for a long time and some don’t. Banking business as we know has also evolved from the opening account, cash deposit and cash withdrawal. Banks now provide many other services like fixed-term deposits, loans, insurance, children’s saving account, credit cards, security deposit boxes, initial public offerings (IPO) and so on.
According to Forbes fintech is any technology which better facilitates financial services and with this definition fintech is a new buzzword nothing more. The only difference is fintech in 1800’s was different from 2018. The number of transaction per day in a bank grew from merely thousands to millions from the 1800’s to current times. Keeping up with the high volumes, finte
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