Note, too, that there appears to be no punishment for the school that may or may not be behind the transfer.

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Deficiencies in current accounting requirements may be encouraging banks to transfer credits to insurance companies or other institutions, and that transfer may well not be transparent.

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Or you may not be able to transfer your total balance.

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