stackyFACTSBehind every digital swipe is a shadowy financial middleman. Clearing houses sit quietly between banks, tallying up millions of daily transfers and settling the net differences overnight, ensuring the entire banking system does not collapse from the sheer chaos of asynchronous math.
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