In order to receive an accreditation card, competitors faced checks that were "almost identical to those we would carry out for someone who is getting a visa", he declared.

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Basu points out that Creative and Aztech first faced the problem of commoditization of their sound card business, then had disastrous forays into the CD-ROM manufacturing business.

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If a bill comes due before the corresponding check arrives, a person may be faced with a choice between paying with a credit card or facing late fees and cancellations.

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Once they climbed the crazy mountain of Greek bureaucracy and reached the summit, they faced the quagmire of the bank, where the issue of how to confirm the credit card details of customers ended in the bank demanding that the entire website be in Greek only, including the names of the products.

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Since then, the company has faced a slumping U.S. economy but also an ongoing increase in credit and debit card use overseas.

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Purcell pushed Mack out in 2001 and retained control of the firm until the spring, when he faced unrelenting pressure from shareholders to divest the firm of the underperforming brokerage business and the credit-card unit and focus the firm back on its core strength: institutional securities.

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