If the customer exceeds a predetermined rate of transactions, purchases an expensive item, or if Bling Nation notices a lot of geographic variability over a short period of time, when a consumer taps a BlingTag, she could be asked to supply a PIN.

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The only difference is whether the price of the credit is expressed as a fraction of profits or as a predetermined interest rate.

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In their simplest forms, debt financing is when a startup agrees to pay back a loan with a predetermined timeframe and interest rate and equity financing is when the business sells ownership shares in exchange for funding.

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In the case of an investor going long the total return of the NCREIF index, he or she would accept the total return on the NPI (paid quarterly) on a predetermined notional amount and agree to pay the LIBOR rate, plus a spread on the same notional amount.

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