I certainly share you hatred of fees, in the financial world there is always some rat with a hand in your pocket, I am going to sell some shares and the fee for that has gone up like a rocket as well.
This thing about the banks has been in the back of my mind for a while, thanks.
This is why Steem is great. No fees unless transacting with other blockchains. We should have a blockchain that takes away control from the banks. This is what I thought Bitcoin was, I am not so sure anymore.
Maybe check out https://twitter.com/Bitfinexed
Scam of the decade. Classic double entry book keeping backed up only by the greater fool theory.