More merchants are expected to start offering discounts to customers who pay with cash.
In a peculiar twist, the rules permit merchants to offer discounts to customers who pay with cash.
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You must pay with cash, but you are short of cash, because the bank was off line.
Only about 30% of motorists pay with cash--the rest use EZPass, the region's electronic toll collection system.
In other words, people can buy something on, for example, Amazon.com and pay with cash at 7-11 stores, and immediately get credit with that merchant.
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Those fees are then added into the cost of all goods, effectively forcing people who pay with cash to subsidize the cost of credit card rewards programs.
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People can call Greyhound to order a ticket, using a PayNearMe card, read the operator the number on the card, then pay with cash at 7-11 to finalize the purchase of the ticket.
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The reality is, if you are intelligent about finances, live within (or even better, below) your means, save, pay with cash for many things and responsibly finance other things, there is no downside to having good credit.
But Shader believes utility companies will quickly sign on, because with consumers able to pay with cash at 7-11 stores, utilities will save money by not having to operate their own costly locations for customers to make cash payments.
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But, if you do, don't purchase anything that you can't pay for with cash.
It will pay with available cash but financial terms were not disclosed.
In another integration with Ria Financial Services, a money-transfer company and subsidiary of Euronet Worldwide, people can transfer money to relatives overseas or pay bills with cash at 7-11 stores.
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And it helps that they pay their fighters with cash as well as the promise of martyrdom.
Nobody wants to die--but what if you could pay the piper with cash, instead of your mortal soul?
Under South Africa's rules against capital flight, outside bidders must pay for acquisitions with cash, not with their own shares.
Already, officers often pay for treatment with cash rather than going through insurance to avoid anyone knowing about their psychological issues, Dr. Neblung said.
To that end, the New York Times reports that in April, Wal-Mart began letting shoppers order merchandise online and pay for it with cash at a store when they picked it up.
Among other things, people typically spend more when they pay with plastic instead of cash and checks.
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Most small businesses have a timing mismatch between receivables and payables--and you can't pay for things today with cash you expect to receive tomorrow.
While Eni would rather quietly pay off the Kazakh government with cash than give up its role as project leader, a withering of support from its consortium peers could mean just that.
Two years later, while doing an urban migration study there, a reporter announced over a loudspeaker that he'd pay cash to anyone with information for a story about the Rockefeller in their midst.
Those with debt-laden property might not be left with enough cash to pay off the mortgage.
According to forecasting group, the Ernst and Young Item Club, inflation and subdued pay rises will leave Britons with less cash to spend.
Only 1% of passengers pay cash fares now compared with 20% when the machines were introduced in 2003, as people go for cashless options.
He made a respectable showing in the 2005 election, gaining notoriety with a promise to pay cash handouts from oil revenues to every citizen.
His father was obsessed with conserving cash to pay estate taxes, and managers were losing business because they refused to share design data about their refinery equipment.
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The former made it hard for creditors to force the company into bankruptcy, and the latter enabled firms to pay off creditors with new debt instead of cash.
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