The term micro credit covers many different models of doing things.

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Credit card transactions are stored on a central computer which covers a four-day period.

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Citigroup now covers over 18 foreign exchange, equities, credit and interest rates markets in the Asia Pacific region.

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The ugly acronym covers a swarm of different institutions including community credit unions, loan funds and microfinance funds whose goal is to provide credit and capital to poor people who lack access to conventional financial services, such as banks.

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The Insurance services segment covers life, medical, motor, marine, property and credit insurance products and services, and Islamic banking segment provides Islamic banking solutions through its subsidiary, BLOM DEVELOPMENT BANK SAL (BDB).

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Rep. Louise Slaughter, a Democrat whose congressional district covers Buffalo and other parts of western New York, plans to take the fight against credit card companies up a notch by pushing legislation that would cap all credit card interest rates at 16%.

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In the Lords (from 3pm) question time covers the role of ratings agencies and the impact of any downgrade of the UK's credit rating and the 200th anniversary of the birth of Dr David Livingstone.

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