Marc Porter, at the University of Utah, has brought nanomagnets and GMR sensors together with nothing but a simple credit-card-style swipe.
Otherwise, all of these expensive, overlapping programs could be replaced with a simple line of credit for each adult citizen.
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They're worried that if a simple investment tax credit, set to expire at the end of the year, isn't renewed, it could doom their industry just as it's starting to get off the ground.
The basic idea of credit is simple: you borrow money, pay interest to the creditor and ultimately repay the loan in good faith.
In addition, my phone must carry the software and it must be super simple to setup my credit card and banking information on it.
One of the best things you can do to achieve a good credit score is simple: Pay your bills on time.
The process only takes three simple steps (although, the credit card option will be available next month).
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Think of credit rating as a simple grading system where the top students perform the best on tests (making money) and those at the bottom are the biggest risk for dropping out of school (defaulting).
The project aims to establish cell-phone based carbon micro-credit systems, using a simple message service to allow families to monetize the carbon offsets they produce.
Square Register is the free app that enables anyone to safely and securely accept credit card payments with one simple, low transaction rate of 2.75% per swipe, with no hidden fees.
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Participation is simple and requires only that an individual register any credit or debit card to the Cloud Currencies web-based Open Loop Loyalty Rewards Technology Platform.
But it feels that the issue of just how much people should pay for their banking services is too complicated to be addressed by a simple change along the lines of its ruling on credit card fees.
Such official loans and credit guarantees are subsidies -- pure and simple.
The answer to this problem is happily quite simple: the Fed must float the short rate for credit that it currently sets, and in doing so, let rates rise to the level that equalizes the needs of lenders and borrowers.
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But what goes on behind the scenes to process a debit or credit card payment is much more complex than the simple swipe.
The new consumer bureau is based on a pretty simple idea: people ought to be able to read their credit card and mortgage contracts and know the deal.
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Interest on personal loans and credit cards will likely rise, and banks will charge more for simple tasks such as cashing a check.
Sometimes this is even as simple as taking a trip to your favorite store and opening up one of their credit cards.
The credit which the apparent conformity with recognized scientific standards can gain for seemingly simple but false theories may, as the present instance shows, have grave consequences.
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If we stop overthinking the business of managing talent and focus on some simple truths, we may find we are better at this than we give ourselves credit for.
What started out as a simple error was compounded when the recipients decided to take the extra step and turn it into credit fraud.
For most people, Simple probably doesn't provide enough services for them to close their bank accounts and cut up their credit cards.
The idea here is very simple: If you buy a home this year, you should be able to get your tax credit this year.
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