monthly credit payments for VISA‚ MasterCard‚ and Discover card are $35‚ $30‚ and $20‚ respectively. Her monthly payment on an automobile loan is $285. What is Louise’s debt payments-to-income ratio? Is Louise living within her means? Louise’s Gross Income | = | $2‚000 | Less: Income taxes | = | -400 | Less: Social Security Tax | = | -160 | Less: IRA contribution | = | -80 | Net take-home pay | = | $1‚360 | Her monthly payments on VISA‚ MasterCard‚ Discover Card‚ and a car loan
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and issued the first credit card. In the next year‚ 1950‚ he and his partner returned to the restaurant and paid with the Diners Club Card‚ which was the first credit card. Today‚ there are more credit cards besides the Diners Club Card: Visa‚ MasterCard‚ American Express‚ and so on. With many types of credit cards‚ people are facing the question of whether they should keep using cash. There is no reason credit cards should not replace cash. Credit cards should‚ and will‚ replace cash in the future
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were introduced as new and convenient. They provided an additional touch point for stores with consumers‚ and some actual continuity early on too. But in light of the introduction of more broadly used (and promoted) cards‚ like VISA‚ Discover‚ and MasterCard they have become relics. One of the many companies in the middle of all this commoditization is the New York‚ NY-based American Express Company. Not many years ago‚ most credit card offers arriving in your mailbox were barely a notch above other
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2013 Mr. Acker For the month of December‚ I was given an assignment consisting of $100‚000 and four stocks to invest in. My four stocks were The Ralph Lauren Corp.‚ Visa Inc.‚ Master card Inc. and The Chevron Corp. As stated I was given a month to record my data and I ended up with a total capital gain of $5‚518.36 for the one month period for my investments. I have to thank you Mr. Acker‚ this project was not difficult‚ but it did confuse me. Receiving this assignment scared me
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Homework 3 1. M&M/MARS‚ maker of M&M Chocolate candies‚ conducted a national poll in which more than 10 million people indicated their preference for a new color. The tally of this poll resulted in the replacement of tan-colored M&Ms with a new blue color. In the brochure “Colors‚” made available by M&M/MARS Consumer Affairs‚ the distribution of colors of the plain color is as follows: Brown Yellow Red Orange Green Blue 30% 20% 20% 10% 10% 10% In a follow-up study‚ samples of 1-pound
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purchases to $104.589 billion. It is followed closely by China‚ which has‚ however‚ seen a fall in total volumes of 8 per cent to $208.283 billion. However‚ the figures do not include the volumes of Cirrus and Maestro - the debit card issued by MasterCard. The total number of debit cards issued in the country for the period was at 82.99 lakh. Of this Visa Electron issuances were 49.13 lakh‚ while Maestro issuances were 33.86 lakh. The total volumes through the debit cards for the country
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“Mobile Wallet” Case Analysis 1. What is the fundamental reason George couldn ’t ditch his wallet? The fundamental reason George couldn ’t ditch his wallet is because most of his favorite retailers do not subscribe to his service provider ’s payment system. While in Japan and countries like China‚ South Korea‚ and India‚ corporations have been developing partnerships between multiple entities and standardization on the mobile payment platform‚ the United States hasn ’t adapted this method as successfully
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Week 5 checkpoint IT The credit card data theft at TJX Companies is considered one of the worst ever. The case is significant because of a lack of appropriate security and control. Resources: Ch. 7 & 12 of Essentials of Management Information Systems Answer the following questions in 200 to 300 words: •List and describe the security controls in place. Where are the weaknesses? The thieves used several entry points to access TJX corporation systems. They accessed many TJX’s retail
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there were no set period for subsequent reviews for interest rates but had hinted that this new rates would remain in effect for at least a couple of years. The bank had claimed that most businesses saw an increase in sales after honoring Visa and MasterCard cards‚ sometimes up to 50 percent‚ but did not have any concrete data to back up the claim. Nilson investigated the claims put forward by the bank by talking to other business owners he knew who accepted the credit cards but he could not find
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purchases made by customers of other National Clothing stores (the Proprietary Card is a charge card only available through National Clothing). Figure 1: Shows the distribution of sales between the four different payment methods; Discover‚ MasterCard‚ Visa‚ Proprietary Car Figure 2: Shows the distribution of customer type between the two options; Regular (returning Pelican Stores customers) and Promotional (those who received the promotional
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