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  2. Superannuation in Australia - Wikipedia

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    Superannuation in Australia or " super " is a savings system for workplace pensions in retirement. It involves money earned by an employee being placed into an investment fund to be made legally available to fund members upon retirement. Employers make compulsory payments to these funds at a proportion of their employee's wages.

  3. Faster Payments - Wikipedia

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    Faster Payments. The Faster Payments Service ( FPS) is a United Kingdom banking initiative to reduce payment times between different banks' customer accounts to typically a few seconds, from the three working days that transfers usually take using the long-established BACS system. CHAPS, which was introduced in 1984, provides a limited faster ...

  4. Federal Employees Retirement System - Wikipedia

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    Federal Employees Retirement System. The Federal Employees' Retirement System ( FERS) is the retirement system for employees within the United States civil service. FERS [1] became effective January 1, 1987, to replace the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and to conform federal retirement plans in line with those in the private sector. [2]

  5. Tata Consultancy Services - Wikipedia

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    Tata Consultancy Services Limited ( TCS) is an Indian multinational information technology (IT) services and consulting company headquartered in Mumbai. [7] [8] It is a part of the Tata Group and operates in 150 locations across 46 countries. [9] In March 2024, it was reported that TCS had more than 601,546 employees worldwide.

  6. Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .frtib .gov. The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board is an independent agency of the United States government by the Federal Employees Retirement System Act of 1986. It has roughly 270 employees. It was established to administer the Thrift Savings Plan, which is a retirement savings and investment plan for federal employees ...

  7. Payment system - Wikipedia

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    A payment system is any system used to settle financial transactions through the transfer of monetary value. This includes the institutions, payment instruments such as payment cards, people, rules, procedures, standards, and technologies that make its exchange possible. [1] [2] A payment system is an operational network which links bank ...

  8. Pensions in France - Wikipedia

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    The mandatory state pension in France operates on a pay-as-you-go basis, redistributing contributions from current workers to retirees. It aims to provide 50% of a retiree's income based on their 25 highest earning years, up to a set ceiling (€41,136 annually in 2022).

  9. Panama Canal - Wikipedia

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    Most other types of vessels pay a toll per PC/UMS net ton, in which one "ton" is actually a volume of 100 cubic feet (2.83 m 3). (The calculation of tonnage for commercial vessels is quite complex.) As of fiscal year 2016 [update] , this toll is US$5.25 per ton for the first 10,000 tons, US$5.14 per ton for the next 10,000 tons, and US$5.06 per ...