Word: uhaul
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It’s 40 degrees outside, and your ice-cold beer can is stuck to the hand you can no longer feel. You’re not sure you can wait in that porta-potty line again, so you sneak behind a UHaul. The music is blaring, the hot chocolate is spiked, you’re surrounded by all of your best friends, and, most importantly, Harvard is crushing Yale. Harvard-Yale weekend is one of the only times when College students get together in one place and let it all hang out. Traditionally, the Ohiri Field debauch-fest...
Proponents say features like these can be a big step for people who wouldn't otherwise have such money-management tools. "It introduces a lot of people to banking who haven't been introduced to banking before," says Sam Austin, UHaul's payroll manager. Some advocates are worried that there aren't consumer-protection laws for payroll-card holders similar to those for people with debit or credit cards. But given the compelling efficiency of the technology, it is a relationship employees will have to get used to, if they want to get paid...