Would it of been that easy if you had to purchase the Bitcoins first?
Woulda taken hella longer now.
My gut feeling is that will change over time.
Typically 4 me, fiat transfer, from check or electonic deposit [I'm on SSI, have used both] to available account funds, is 1-2 business days.
Cash xfer to usable Bitcoin, about 4-5 business days [unsure of e-transfer yet, such as Western Union or Paypal, I'll try it later this year]
Fiat has stayed the same time frame for 2 decades+.
There IS room for improvement for BTC... but I see it evolving into same-day [or max, <1 business day] xfers,
and as instantaneous as EBT/debit cards.
Even when mined to full maturity, the fee savings for sellers, v. debit/credit cards, is enormous.
Keep in mind that MasterCard, Visa, Discover, etc. have built HUGE MULTI-NATIONAL companies
on those fees,
not to mention the loan-shark interest they're allowed to gouge unsuspecting
consumers with [thanks to influential Congressional lobbying].
I give it 5 years.
Do you REALLY think they'll be able to replace Petrodollars w/ yuan, yen, rubles, gold, or silver?
nahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.