In an US embassy cable leaked by WikiLeaks in March, an American official was quoted as saying that one Tamil Nadu party inserted cash and a voting slip instructing which party to vote for in the morning newspapers - more innovative than handing out money directly to voters.

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Users get a slip which they must redeem for cash at the counter, giving tellers a chance to persuade them to open an account.

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In a dingy Manhattan office he would give cash and his contact's account number to a teller, who would make a few notations on a slip of paper.

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