If the credit card issuer applied the payment to the interest-bearing balance first, the customer would pay less interest overall.

如果信用卡发行人能够优先冲减有息债务，消费者支付的利息总额将大大减少。

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Payment takes significantly less time than scanning, and printing takes less time than payment or scanning.

付款所花的时间比扫描显著更少，并且打印所花的时间比付款或扫描更少。

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This new offer reflects what the delayed payment will cost her, such as an increased price, less service, or more client responsibility.

这个新的报价可以反映出延迟支付的成本，例如提高的价格，减少的服务，或者更多的客户责任。

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Valuations under these regs are determined with reference to a policy's accumulation or account value, which is generally the premium payment less policy charges plus interest.

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That's now been called off for the States for an undisclosed reason -- carriers around here are notoriously finicky in their relationships with manufacturers and we wouldn't be surprised if it all came down to a few heated boardroom discussions with the big wigs -- but whatever the cause, users will need to roll with a less-integrated payment option to start.

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This will drive impulse purchases and in my opinion lead to less dropouts through the payment process and therefore higher sales.

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