with RFID: A Case Study of the Octopus Card Lam Tak Ming The Hong Kong Polytechnic University mslam@polyu.edu.hk Abstract: Octopus cards are an electronic payment system based on a wireless RFID technology developed in Hong Kong. Users simply hold their contactless smartcards over an electronic reader‚ and the payment is deducted from the card automatically. If users link their cards to their credit card to upload money‚ there is no cash transaction
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Debt Credit card debt is one of this nation’s leading internal problems‚ and it has been for around the last 3-4 decades. When credit was first introduced‚ and up until around the late 1970’s up to today‚ the standards for getting a credit card were very high; so not everybody could get one. The bar got lowered and lowered to where‚ eventually‚ an 18 year-old college student with almost no income and nothing to base a credit score on previously could obtain a credit card (much like myself)
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Chapter 10 Standard Costs and the Balanced Scorecard Solutions to Questions 10-1 A quantity standard indicates how much of an input should be used to make a unit of output. A price standard indicates how much the input should cost. 10-2 Ideal standards assume perfection and do not allow for any inefficiency. Thus‚ ideal standards are rarely‚ if ever‚ attained. Practical standards can be attained by employees working at a reasonable‚ though efficient pace and allow for normal breaks
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Assignment 5: Credit and Loans 1. If you are borrowing money and paying interest‚ would you prefer an interest rate that compounds annually‚ quarterly‚ or daily? Why? If I am borrowing money and paying interest‚ I would prefer an interest rate that compounds annually because annually would cost you less than quarterly. 2. a. What is the total balance of Jessie Robinson’s real estate account? The total balance of Jessie Robinson’s real estate account is 19‚000 b. What is the total balance
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Post Card Postcards is a poem‚ the last of the immigrant chronicles‚ written by Peter Skrzynecki. The immigrant Chronicles is a series of poems talking about Skrzynecki’s personal life and experiences of having parents who has emigrated from country under communist influence. This poem specifically talks about a postcard with an image of Warsaw‚ the largest town in Poland‚ printed on the front. It is an emotional poem which trigger different types of reactions at different stages of the poem
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Credit card : Asset or Liability Credit card actually replaces the hard money in market. Before the coming of plastic money‚ every one relies on their present income. If possible in present salary then only purchases go on‚ otherwise get shifted to next month. This problem now has been solved with the plastic money. Make payments in the next month but u can purchase now. Any one can judge this plastic money is an asset or liability for a person. Let assume its an asset. How? Right now it makes
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Toyota Corp. Analysis & Balanced Scorecard BBUS 4251 Instructor: Dr. Rishma Vedd Name: Tsung-Lin Yeh Student # T00022252 Contents Contents page …………………………………………….. 1 Summary of Balanced Scorecard ………………………… 2 Executive Summary …………………………………………….. 3 Corporate Strategy………………………………………… 3 Critical Success Factors …………………………………… 4 Competitive Advantage ……………………………………….. 4 Balanced Scorecard ……………………………………………. 5 Recommendation ………………………………………………. 7 Conclusion ………………………………………………
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financial institutions that issue and market VISA and MasterCard products (mainly credit and debit cards). Both companies have similar products. Other financial institutions (mostlybanks) issue cards that use either VISA or MasterCard for processing payments. So if you are comparing VISA and MasterCard to decide which card to go for‚ it may be a good idea to look at the features of the specific card (not the brand). The most important features‚ of course‚ are Interest rate and Annual fees. The competitors
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perspective of management‚ I understand that you just want things to be easier and more modern. Is there one or a combination of perspectives that provide the best way of understanding the swipe card issue? Combining perspectives of the employees and management will provide the best image of the whole swipe card situation. You have a work force that is already uneasy about their very own job security when management implements a change that would allow them to keep track of their employees. On the other
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percent. This ratio exceeds the recommended 20 percent figure. Therefore‚ Louise is overextended. Her maximum monthly loan and credit card payments should not be over $390. 3. Robert Sampson owns a $175‚000 townhouse and still has an unpaid mortgage of $140‚000. In addition to his mortgage‚ he has the following liabilities: Visa $705 MasterCard 280 Discover card 505 Education loan 2‚000 Personal bank loan 300 Auto loan 5‚000 Total $8‚790 Robert’s net worth (not including his home)
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