But you may recall the old quip about the plural of “anecdote” being “data”.Hong Kong, South Africa, Malaysia and Thailand all pointed to their “anecdotes”. Then came the near-collapse of LTCM: the tenor of the debate changed. But as the LTCM crisis recedes, international concerns have become more muted, even stifled.
4  The Bahamian data reveal an increasing volume of transactions occurring outside of the physical branches at ATMs (which is still cash unfortunately), increasing use of credit and debit cards for electronic payments, and declining reliance on check writing. 5  Anecdotally, wire transfer costs have also slowed the transition from out of the use of checks for payroll processing for some firms.