HSBC was allowed to settle with some harsh publicity and cash penalties of $1.9bn.
In the months following the machine's removal in 1997, merchants relearned a harsh lesson: without ready cash, shoppers don't follow the impulse to buy impulse items.
JOSEPH COLEMAN Chairman Financial Service Centers of America Bronx Douglas McGray's article on check cashing distorts the harsh reality behind the payday-loan business: the industry relies on charging borrowers outrageous interest on short-term loans that trap people in an inescapable cycle of debt.
Only 1 in 4 poor families actually receive TANF cash assistance because of harsh restrictions, like the lifetime 5-year limit imposed by the Clinton administration in 1996.
Touareg traders badger everyone in sight with endless offers of camel rides, swords and jewellery: a once-a-year chance to get some cash before returning to their harsh, nomadic existence for the rest of the year.
The utilities, save for TEPCO and Hokkaido Electric, proposed dipping into cash reserves set aside for harsh financial situations, and of these, Tohoku Electric Power Co., Shikoku Electric, and Kyushu Electric proposed using their entire reserves.
Many clung to their paper despite having several turbulent months to cash out.The settlement terms are certainly harsh.
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The Harmonised Social Cash Transfer programme seeks to ease the harsh impact of poverty, reduce malnutrition and improve school enrolment by delivering regular and reliable cash transfers to very poor households that are also labour constrained.
