Sentences with phrase «for consumer money»

If a brokerage fails to disburse or account for consumer money held in trust, the affected consumer can apply for compensation from the Consumer Protection Fund.

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For generations, Canadian consumers have watched enviously as our southern neighbours waltz out of American stores with more stuff for less monFor generations, Canadian consumers have watched enviously as our southern neighbours waltz out of American stores with more stuff for less monfor less money.

«The $ 15 minimum is a good idea becuase it means more money in consumers» pockets and it will put more money into the economy for people to spend with us,» Howell says.

The second possible consequence my colleague identifies is that if higher prices translate into consumers willingly paying more for their lingerie, they'll spend less elsewhere and someone else will as a result earn less money.

With more companies vying for consumers» attention (and money), businesses need to create loyalty programs to get customers on board and to stay.

When we get redress, it's when consumers are out of pocket — they bought a product that doesn't work, for example, and we try to get money back to them.

«This will be our first ever structured hardware deal... and it really allows us in a consumer - friendly way to continue our step - by - step approach to move away from promotional activity and towards value for money,» said Mehr.

We can get money back for consumers, but we don't call that a fine, we call it redress or disgorgement of profits.

Prior to CNBC, Kellie worked in USA Today's New York Bureau for the money section covering personal finance and consumer trends.

Just over three quarters (76 percent) of U.S. consumers want brands to stand for more than just making money — to have a purpose.

«If they are constantly in court fighting with consumers for money, are you willing to put yourself at risk with that kind of person?»

The national average for a gallon of regular gasoline is at its lowest level in four years, giving U.S. consumers billions more to spend this holiday season, but that extra money is being offset by higher food costs, which account for a bigger chunk of most consumers» budgets.

Further, the current monetization offerings for mobile websites and applications fail to generate the scale of opportunity most require to build a robust business strategy, so you need to think outside the box in order to create more opportunities that engage consumers in a mobile first environment and eventually, bring in more money.

Kickstarter and other crowdfunding platforms, where entrepreneurs and other creative professionals can raise money from consumers, have become a popular way for entrepreneurs to get funding without giving up equity.

An entrepreneur will put up a detailed description of his / her business on a platform such as Kickstarter — goals of the business, future financial strategies for turning a profit, the target audience, how much funding he / she needs and for what reasons, etc. — and then consumers can read about the business and give money if they choose.

Australian consumers are increasingly spending their money with big businesses rather than supporting local stores, despite professing their affection for small business, a new survey has found.

Meanwhile, bitcoin still has defenders such as Jeremy Allaire, a successful entrepreneur who raised over $ 60 million for his startup, Circle, a money transfer service for consumers using bitcoin behind the scenes.

The new systems required to monitor advisors and produce better disclosures for clients will cost a lot of money — some of which will almost certainly be passed along to consumers.

There is an enduring temptation for startups that build consumer applications: Instead of creating a product for the end user, they let organizations with money influence their product.

«Starling Bank was founded to empower consumers to take control of their money and better manage it on the move, so Fitbit Pay is a perfect partner for us,» Starling CEO Anne Boden said in an announcement Tuesday.

It's pretty clear, he argues that if you can't fairly rapidly achieve mass consumer pricing, your EON (Economy of Now) business on its best days will be a niche nicety for the folks with more money than time or brains and never break out of that box.

The company, founded in 2007, has provided for many years consumer backups (uploading your hard drive to the cloud), but had the technology built (their own self - built software and hardware to profitably create backup) that could handle large amounts of data, but also make sure the company still made money.

«It's good news for consumers,» Phil Lempert, founder of SupermarketGuru.com, told our partners at MONEY, calling it «fabulous» for grocery shoppers looking to save mMONEY, calling it «fabulous» for grocery shoppers looking to save moneymoney.

A Justice Department official told reporters on Monday that the merger would raise prices for consumers and potentially block creators of media content from distributing their product without paying more money.

First, when negotiating with national retailers, we discovered there was a business model after all: Even if consumers didn't want to buy gift cards for friends, we could make money on free gift cards if recipients used them.

Consumer advocates and security experts warn that the implementation of the new health - care changes will create opportunities for fraudsters to steal consumers» money and personal information.

Two sexier, consumer - focused Bitcoin startups Draper likes to showcase are BitPagos, a payment processer for hotels in Argentina that lets them keep money in Bitcoins instead of exposing it to the country's crippling inflation rate, and BitWall, which lets digital publishers charge per - article micropayments to readers and avoid costly credit card transaction fees.

I've adopted one of my consumer practices for my business and have saved a lot of money.

Nor does it hurt that a home purchase is one of the few instances where a request to wire money won't set off alarm bells for the consumer.

That makes it all the more difficult for a direct - seller reliant on «word - of - mouth» to make consumers aware of its products and for reps to make money, resulting in a vicious cycle of declining sales for Avon.

These services have typically been money - losers for the new entrants in the space, but are seen as the gateway to the next generation of payment and personal finance services that could upend traditional consumer banking relationships.

What stands out about it for now is that its business model — backed by some big money — is a radical rethinking of what consumers want from an online shopping experience.

It generates some money by charging merchants, not consumers, for accepting payments through the service.

When you ask the world's big money makers in typical big brand consumer businesses to discuss how they are making money from big data, though, the message can be about as hard to decipher for the average individual as combing through Internet chatter from Pakistan.

A recent study published in the Journal of Consumer Research found that people who were asked to think about the past were willing to pay more for products than those who were asked to think about new or future memories; another experiment showed an increased willingness to give more money to others after recalling a nostalgic event.

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These are money - makers for retailers and they push them pretty hard,» said Bob Hunter, director of insurance for the nonprofit Consumer Federation of America.

In January 2017 the EPA published a midterm evaluation of the standards, concluding that they were readily achievable for automakers, would achieve huge benefits for the public and save consumers money at the pump and should not be rolled back.

Furthermore, as millennials get older and have more money to save, robo - advisors will have reached a large part of the market share and will have squeezed margins for the industry that saves sizable sums of money for consumers.

«Consumers value what you're providing and are willing to pay a premium for it,» he says, «so by not increasing your price, you're simply leaving money on the table.»

Consumers are spending more time playing games; they're also becoming more willing to make in - game purchases — spending real money to buy, say, new weapons for their fictional characters — enabling some companies to replace a dependency on new hits with a steady, recurring revenue stream.

There's an argument to be made, and has been made for years, that Apple needs to transition iTunes — which makes money via individual transactions — to a subscription model, since that's what consumers are increasingly preferring.

Noel Archard, head of BlackRock Canada, points out that for a market to fire on all cylinders you need to see government, consumers and private businesses all spending money.

«I think what this taps into is the consumer who wants to save money but doesn't necessarily want to buy, for lack of a better expression, cheap s — t.

And cheaper gas at the pumps, courtesy of lower oil prices, will come as a form of fiscal stimulus for consumers in both the U.S. and Canada, leaving more money in their pockets to spend on other things.

Consumers with student loans are more likely to turn to other sources of debt, including credit cards and personal loans, to help them pay for holiday spending — the survey showed they're also more likely to try to save money by selling presents they receive or re-gifting items.

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For the most part, data breach class actions have settled for relatively small amounts of money, even if the breaches affected millions of consumeFor the most part, data breach class actions have settled for relatively small amounts of money, even if the breaches affected millions of consumefor relatively small amounts of money, even if the breaches affected millions of consumers.

As set forth above, as opposed to the stringent regulations in other states such as New York, and the bill proposed in the Assembly last year, which appear to deter companies from spending the time and money to pursue cutting - edge ideas, the Act appropriately balances the need for consumer protection with the desire to allow businesses to innovate.

A partnership with Ryerson University, its incubator space, and the Ministry of the Attorney General and $ 80,000 in seed money resulted in the AI Challenge Forum, a competition between six startups who have incorporated AI in their products for faster, more efficient and effective legal services to legal consumers.