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Loyalty and reward schemes are very popular with United Kingdom customers and McDonalds is the latest company to cash in on the growing trend.Starting Monday Jan. 10 , the quick-service restaurant QSR giant will be piloting its MyMcDonalds Rewards program in 10 restaurants across the North of England, as part of plans to roll out the scheme to an additional 65 restaurants by the end of the month, and nationwide by the end of the year.Through the program, customers can earn 100 reward points for every 1 pound they spend, which can then be cashed in for a free meal or a charity donation after theyve banked 1,
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Yesterday July 2 , the day after PayPal plans to acquire Xoom were announced, Western Union stock took nearly a seven percent hit.That news, of course, revealed that PayPal would buy the聽international money transfer provider for $890 million in an all cash deal. As a major competitor to Western Union, taking on its online C2C transactions, Xooms shares surged more than 22 percent on July 1 after the
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