One of the more mind-boggling aspects of life in Germany is the banking system--and how relatively open everything is. It’s rather surprising, actually, given how closely guarded privacy is, how liberal people are with respect to giving away financial information. Pretty much all payments are handled using wire transfers, which means you have to provide your account and routing number. It’s not that you don’t do this in the US as well (after all, it’s on every check that you write), but it’s not quite as blatantly obvious that you’re doing so.
In addition, there’s something odd about not needing to use PIN numbers at an ATM machine--it’s very disturbing, at least to someone who has become used to typing ever-longer PINs and passphrases.
But again, given how much German law is geared toward privacy, it’s surprising how much life is actually getting in the way of keeping things private.
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