Banks. Remember those? Well, in my case I have zero faith in them at this point. Considering that like many people I lost a fortune in them. So it was - with much surprise - that I saw a new ad for Audi Bank. Actually I saw it as a scroller on a site which pushed me to see if there was a longer version somewhere else. The longer version turned out to be 10 seconds which is telling I suppose. The ad is about cards and students studying abroad and how parents can send them money remotely, and monitor their spending. However, like anyone with a brain, I am leaning on cash since the crisis broke in 2019. All my clients pay me in cash or via a Western Union transfer. Because at this point, banks are a distant memory.