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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

In ye old days I would fill out a slip of paper and mail it to the bank.

Deposit is probably the wrong word. It’s more a transfer order? Deposit is what came up when I translated my local term, but it’s not like I stuffed cash in an envelope or anything.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Then the bank would pay whoever (electric, water) ?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Yeah, it’s an order to take money out of my account and put it in someone else’s. The number on it tells the recipient what bill it’s supposed to pay.

They looked like this:

https://www.vvponline.nl/nieuws/acceptgiro-blijft-langer-bestaan