Cheques phased out

I am an 88-year-old male still with most of my marbles and I do not want this foolish unasked-for intention to go ahead. I have already had a vocal discussion with TSB on the matter, with very little sympathy received, and the same lack of empathy from Kiwibank.

It is my opinion that the internet is a dangerous medium to connect one’s hard-earned pension to, considering the amount of scams of all sorts that are now endemic on it.

There are thousands of retired Kiwis who, like me, do not want to do our banking by the internet, many of us do not even have a mobile phone.

One excuse is that it is costing banks extra money to use paper transactions, yet the banks are all making record profits, even while paying their senior staff exorbitant inflated salaries. David Johnston, Okura.