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In China a fapiao– the official receipt used for expense claims has a resale face value of 2 – 10% of face value – leaving …
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In a land of imploding bank, and a distinct lack of ATMs that support withdrawals on an international card the man with cold hard cash …
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Not quite the extreme of buying an apartment in Tokyo but if you want to rent a property in China be prepared to bring plenty …
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This pre-paid and top-up-able Starbucks card guides the customer to “treat this card like cash” – and log on to their web site to create …
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One of the cultural quirks of shoppin’ large in Uzbekistan is the physical volume of cash required to complete a transaction. In a country with …
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