So, recently I’ve been thinking about the concept of ‘e-receipts’. It must be said, I’ve done no research into whether something like this is already in the works, if it is, great. In the meantime here’s my take on the idea.

In the UK most people now have ‘Chip & Pin’ Credit and Debit cards. This means that you no longer sign for purchases but instead enter your pin via a keypad.

While this has helped to ‘streamline’ the whole paying for goods process you still end up waiting ages for the cashier to print out your ‘paper based’ receipt (Chug chug chug, rip). What if your receipt was simply transmitted back to your bank or credit card company and made available for you to retreive if required via your usual online banking interface?

If you really needed a paper receipt you could still request one, but I bet most people shove that little bit of paper in their jacket pocket only to bin it a few days later.

Guess what, I just googled ‘e-receipts’ and found this. Looks like someone got there about a zillion years before me.

Must remember to google journal entries prior to spouting them upon my readers in the future.