For instance, they allow far superior tracking of business purchases than do personal credit cards while also giving you the ability to assign credit cards with individual limits to your employees, which you then earn rewards on.
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Our economy grows on credit and the ability of businesses and consumers to obtain it and the willingness of financial institutions to extend it.
State Rep. DAVNIE: The good side of the subprime industry is it did provide people with access to credit and the ability to borrow homes.
One industry analyst said HandSpring and OminSky deserve credit for their ability to execute, but that the real benefits of wireless data will only come when 3G (third-generation) technology is available.
However this, Professor Saloner believes, does not credit students with an ability to think long-term.
Tightened credit severely limits the ability of consumers and companies to spend even if they were so inclined.
The original appeal of credit cards was the ability to make purchases without carrying cash (that could be stolen) and the protection against unauthorized purchases.
And without their ability to create credit in this way, we'd all be a lot poorer.
But that would severely compromise their ability to provide credit, so a more realistic approach is needed.
Washington Mutual, the nation's largest savings and loan, said the ongoing credit troubles could affect its ability to issue loans.
Although Brazil cracked largely thanks to its own failings, it has been no showcase of the ability of outside credit to calm investors.
Developed economies like the US, UK, and Spain might be put on a negative credit watch, but their ability to finance their debts remains strong.
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For if workers see their real wages fall at the same time as the credit crunch is constraining their ability to borrow, consumer demand will suffer.
On the positive side, Bernanke says that while the Fed is concerned about banks' ability to make credit available, he doesn't see any "imminent risk" of insolvencies.
Banks argued that stricter capital rules will put a damper on their ability to extend credit to businesses and consumers while the economy is still struggling to recover.
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By manipulating interest rates on such an unprecedented scale the Federal Reserve has effectively destroyed the ability of our credit markets to genuinely price the borrowing and lending of money.
And when banks find their access to funding becomes harder and more expensive, that has a negative impact on their ability to supply credit to their personal and business customers, and to other banks.
Although Norinchukin is not legally obliged to rescue them, it will come under political pressure to do so, weakening its deteriorating credit rating and so its ability to borrow internationally at what are by Japanese standards cheap rates in the markets.
Now that Matt Blaze has released his report, everyone should be paying attention because my experience is that it will not be very long before technically-savvy activists begin to retaliate, just like they did against major bankcard facilities in reaction to the shutdown of WikiLeaks ability to accept credit cards for payment.
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China's exports will also be helped by an ability to raise trade credit and working capital.
The financial cost of atonement threatens to seriously deplete their capital and undermine their ability to create the credit essential for economic recovery.
Your credit reports can also affect your ability to secure employment.
My concerns have turned less on the solvency of these institutions and more on their ability to extend the credit that our economy needs to keep growing.
One suggestion is to allow a bank to reduce an asset's risk weighting if it can prove to supervisors its ability to evaluate the credit's specific risks.
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Alternatively, if you have concerns about your ability to effectively manage credit, you can simply open a credit card and never use it because maintaining a credit card at zero balance is considered responsible use.
It also recently added the ability to send iTunes gift credit for digital media.
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The ability to charge more for credit cards is likely to set up a tricky dance for merchants, which may risk angering customers if they start charging more for such transactions.
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