To use a card at checkout, a cashier can either scan the card's bar code from the smartphone or type in the member's ID number.
Those without printers can grab a free PayNearMe card at one of 7-Eleven's 6, 000 locations and use the card's bar code in lieu of a printed sheet.
He also sees a trend toward e-gift cards or virtual gift cards, which boil the card down to a bar code--no plastic necessary.
Antitrust litigation against the card companies says the singles bar has gotten out of control.
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Another tactic they could deploy on the heels of the new rules around late fees: raising the bar on the monthly minimum payments due on credit-card balances.
The terms of the settlement bar Mojang from using the Scrolls mark for any sequel to the current card game, or any other video game.
If they don't have a frequent-flier ID card, travelers check in online or at kiosks and get a bar code on a printed boarding pass or on a mobile phone, just like at other airlines.
Verify which PS Vita card you are using by looking at the home screen's info bar.
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Leeds is bringing on five full-time developers to build an app that will plant a bar code on smartphone screens that can be scanned in lieu of a physical gift card--finally separating the card's value from its plastic delivery vehicle.
The local bar that shuts down their alcohol sales for all ages fund-raising events will have to card anyone who wants to support the cause, and turn away all minors.
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Such software evaluates many parameters associated with each credit-card transaction, including specific details of the items being purchased (derived from their bar codes), to evaluate the likelihood of foul play in the form of a numerical risk score.
Liverpool briefly threatened when Torres fired over the bar from an acute angle and Chelsea suffered a blow when captain John Terry received a yellow card for a late challenge on Reina, meaning he will be suspended for the second leg at Stamford Bridge next week.
This does seem a little counter-intuitive, but credit card holders are using Facebook to befriend the people who send them those annoying bills for long-forgotten bar tabs.
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