Comment by kerkeslager

3 years ago

There's even a significant number of people in the US for whom bank accounts are unavailable. Hacker News really is an ivory tower in many ways.

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scarface_74  3 years ago

4.5% of the American population is not exactly a “significant number of people”

https://www.fdic.gov/analysis/household-survey/index.html

I’m not saying we shouldn’t do anything for that 4.5%.

But almost anyone who has a bank account should at least be able to get a secured credit card

  • ncallaway  3 years ago

    > 4.5% of the American population is not exactly a “significant number of people”

    Wow. Absolutely stunning.

    I don’t have much to say other than “yes it is”

  • dragonwriter  3 years ago

    > 4.5% of the American population is not exactly a “significant number of people”

    Yes, it is; its 15 million people in the US, more people than any state outside of the top 4.

  • elyobo  3 years ago

    4.5% of the American population sounds like an _extremely_ significant number of people tbh