Chief Executive Officer for the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP) Kofi Ofosu Nkansah has taken on Alan Kyerematen. He argues that Alan Kyerematen’s dream of leading the New Patriotic Party (NPP) did not come to fruition because of the kind of person he is. To him, while the likes of Dr Mahamudu Bawumia among […]
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Since Walmart sells everything from toothpaste to groceries to clothing, many American families spend a large portion of their monthly budget at the big-box store. Naturally, this makes how they pay at Walmart just as important as how much they're paying—which is why the retailer announced that they're introducing instant bank payments for online purchases. The move is seemingly a win-win for the corporation (it'll alleviate those credit card transaction fees) and the consumer (payments will be made in real time as opposed to sitting as "pending" for up to a few days).
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For quite some time, Walmart shoppers have been frustrated that the store doesn't accept Apple Pay. Instead, customers can use Walmart Pay, which is accessed via the Walmart app. In June, the company introduced a pay-by-bank option to Walmart Pay in partnership with the Automated Clearing House (ACH), in which shoppers could link their bank accounts with the app. However, transactions completed with ACH take one to three days to clear, notes Payments Dive.
However, despite this lag in processing, the company was pleasantly surprised with how the pay-by-bank option was received. "It’s certainly surpassed our expectations of the amount of customers that have registered and actually use the payment type," Henry said, via the Portland Press Herald.
To make the service even more shopper-friendly, Walmart is now partnering with Fiserv, a global fintech and payments company that offers a real-time transaction technology.
“When the transaction processes as a real-time payment, customers get immediate access to see that payment come through, I see it hit my account and I can properly budget,” Henry explained. “It’s not as if I’ve got this phantom payment out there that’s going to take place a couple of days down the road.”
The new payment option will be available for online orders and is expected to launch early next year.
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In-store shoppers also have the option to utilize Affirm’s Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) option at most Walmart self-checkout kiosks. This is available through the Walmart app and gives approved shoppers the choice to pay for a purchase over a certain number of months. According to Walmart, Affirm payments have no late or hidden fees, and some items and purchases will have 0% APR.
However, as Walmart explains, "For items that do not qualify for 0% APR financing, your APR rate will be between 10–36%, depending upon your credit. The exact terms you qualify for will be shown when you check out with Affirm."
It appears Mother Nature didn’t get the memo that yesterday was the official first day of fall. The leaves are changing, and PSLs are now part of our weekly coffee rotation, but our puffer vests and fuzzy sweaters have yet to see the light of day. So, what gives? Unfortunately, it looks as though we are in for a “second summer” this fall.
AccuWeather previously reported that “a warm autumn is expected for nearly all of the country this year.” And now that the autumnal equinox has come and gone, meteorologists are standing firm in their predictions, noting that “the transition from summer to fall-like weather” is happening at an atypical pace.
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The fall forecast is calling for “slightly above” and “above” average temperatures in nearly all 50 states, according to a new outlook released by The Weather Company and Atmospheric G2. Meteorologists warn that these weather patterns could linger through Thanksgiving and Christmas. In fact, most regions won’t experience a cold-front until late December—but even then, experts say temperatures probably won’t dip below average.
"It is rather difficult these days to forecast any sort of widespread below-normal temperatures in a seasonal forecast," Atmospheric G2 vice president of meteorology Todd Crawford said in the report. "It still seems like years since we've had a month cooler than [the] 30-year average.”
According to the report, the month of October will bring “warmer-than-usual” temperatures for most of the Great Lakes, Southwest, Mississippi Valley, and Great Plains, as well as all of New England. In other words, you probably won’t be reaching for your cable-knit cardigan come spooky season. That is unless you live in the Pacific Northwest or Southeast, where the weather may be more cooperable.
And the news only gets worse from there. The Weather Company and Atmospheric G2 estimates that temperatures will be warmer than standard across the whole country, apart from the Southeast, in November. The Southwest, Northern Plains, and Midwest are predicted to get the worst of it.
In an unlikely turn of events, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and parts of Alabama might be privy to “slightly below” average temperatures. As digits dip, tropical storms should dissipate, making way for the region’s “dry season.”
In December, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and some parts of Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin should have “slightly below” average temperatures. The Great Lakes will be frigid with “below” average weather. Everywhere else will hover around “slightly above” and “above” average temperatures.
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This summer brought heat domes and record-breaking high temperatures, so a milder fall and winter isn’t unexpected, according to some meteorologists.
“Fall is going to feel more like an extended summer for millions of Americans this year,” AccuWeather expert Paul Pastelok said in a statement, per USA Today. “Much of the country will experience a delayed transition to cooler temperatures this year, following a summer with intense heat."
At the very least, weather experts hope that with this winter being a La Niña, accompanying temperatures and conditions will help smother the heat.
The man accused of hiding out with a gun near Donald Trump‘s Florida golf course in an apparent bid to kill the former president wrote a letter months earlier describing an “assassination attempt” and offering a bounty on Trump’s life, US prosecutors said on Monday. Ryan Routh, 58, has been charged with two gun crimes […]
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The Ghana Police Service has arrested Oliver Barker Vormawor, a leading figure of Democracy Hub. A statement from their outfit said he was involved in several unlawful acts at the 37 intersection during a protest against Galamsey. Vomawor was spotted on camera turning off a police vehicle and running away with their key. He is […]
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Under new legislation aimed at curbing knife crime, the possession, sale, manufacture, or transport of “zombie-style” knives and machetes has…
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Coming up on Binnelanders this October 2024: Elise usurps a postcard from Karen, and it lands in Annetjie’s hands. Conrad and Delia’s date night turns out to be a surprise of another kind, and a journalist gives Tertius new information about Rentia. Tuesday 1 October 2024 Episode 87/4647 Elise struggles to cope with Uys and […]
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