title: What is the technical limitation for banks that makes them only give you 18 months of history?
body: <p>For both my bank accounts I can only access 18 months of history.</p>
  
  <p>To access older account history, you have to pay a certain amount of money for each old statement.  Why do banks do that?  Shouldn't this practice go away as we get bigger hard disks and cheaper storage?</p>