While it offers remittance products at its bank branches, it is also running 130 Cash Express check-cashing outlets as an inexpensive market-entry point.

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With the rapid rise in use of debit and credit card as a preferred mode of payment over cash and check, the number of transactions processed by Visa has grown steadily by 10% in the last couple of years, except 2008 when the economic downturn caused transaction volumes to drop by almost 11%.

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Theoretically this is cash a company could issue to shareholders as a dividend check.

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However, the websites of airlines or hotels are likely to prove more popular with frequent travellers than those of online agents because the former can also be used to check up on rewards, cash them in and to find special offers, such as upgrades.

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