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...surcharges to wire money to family and friends across the border, now have a less expensive option. At Wells Fargo, Bank of America and other institutions in the Western U.S., Mexicans no longer need proof of legal residency to open an account but can instead present an identification card issued by the Mexican consulate. This month B. of A. launched a money-transfer system called SafeSend, in which customers can use a phone or the Internet to transfer money into an escrow account. The recipient in Mexico--who would have been mailed a SafeSend card--can then access the account...
...customers need only place a finger on a small scanner to cart off as many groceries as they want. Developed by Indivos, a consumer biometric company based in Oakland, Calif., Pay By Touch may be the best thing since the express-checkout lane. It allows shoppers to authorize credit-card and bank payments using a fingerprint, a copy of which they have placed on file. "People like it for the same reason they like speed passes at gas pumps--mobility and speed," says Frank Pierce, Indivos' vice president of marketing. The company is testing the system at retail outlets, including...
That led the Canadian student to quit his summer job at IBM and build Fairtunes fairtunes.com) a website where you can send money to your favorite artists in payment for music downloads. Enter your credit-card details, type in how much you want to send, and Fairtunes will cut checks and track down artists anywhere in the world on your behalf (most artists, like Bjork, cash them; some, like Ani DiFranco, ask for them to be redirected to charity; a few, like U2, ignore the checks altogether...
...more than they did during the height of the 1980s boom, which ended with the collapse of the last great U.K. real-estate rally. In the difficult months since Sept. 11, the British economy has been kept out of recession by the willingness of consumers to continue their credit-card-fueled spending - and they're willing, for the most part, because rising residential property values have made them feel richer. But for how much longer can stretched borrowers be expected to keep feeding the property-market beast...
...don’t see people rushing and jumping for the technology,” Ramajaran said, citing the typical costs of $70 to $100 to buy a wireless card. But he said future classes would probably be able to better take advantage of wireless access...