Performer B2 Unit 10

A ________ account comes with a cheque book and monthly ________ or a ________ account.  

Emma has a ________ card with the ________ account but also a debit card in case she needs them while she is travelling.

My savings account has a ________ card but not a ________ card.

Sarah always uses her ________ card which acts as a ________ card in any ATM machine.

Claudia talked to the bank's financial ________ who explained to her the criteria on how to use the online banking service.

If you prefer you can arrange all your payments and bank ________ through your local branch or through the ________ banking system.

They didn't know how to ________ (dark) the room so they put black shutters at the windows.

Try not to ________ (fright) your little brother before he goes to bed or he will have nightmares.

That teacher always ________ (individual) each student's needs.

The Human Resource manager can help you ________ (identity) your real potentiality in this field.

I believe we need to ________ (intense) our workouts if we want to reach our goal by the end of the month.

I find it very hard to ________ (memory) all my students' names, I think it is better if I write them down first.

I'll ________ my assistant memorise my telephone number for any inconvenience.

The man from the Sales Department ________ John rewrite the cheque because it was illegible.

'Don't ________ your expenses go over 1,000 euros' my mother warned me.

Employees are ________ to feel responsible for a company's unsuccessful results.

The non-profit company ________ a financial advisor open its bank account.

I had to accept the offer ________ to I obtained a higher salary for working extra hours and for being punctual.

The project failed drastically ________ of lack of finance.

She arrived late to work this morning and ________ will have to stay longer in the evening.

I will have to work all evening ________ you will have to go without me.

He was late for work this morning ________ heavy traffic.

Those shoes are rather expensive, ________ they are quite hard to find in the main shops.

I hope John and Anna have decided to come tonight ________ I wanted to hear about their trip to Australia.

Contacless payment cards
Contactless payment cards and other mobile devices include a microchip and antenna that communicate wirelessly with nearby payment terminals, using near field communication technology. A key advantage of a contactless payment method is that it allows users to pay without having to use a personal identification number (PIN) or signature for payment. They are typically processed through the same payment networks used for other card transactions.
Contactless payments, which were designed to make payments easier and faster, became very popular as a payment method in many countries in the world. Contactless payments are often known as 'tap to pay' or 'tap and go' because they allow users to make payments by simply tapping a card or mobile device on a payment terminal, therefore no typing or signing is necessary to authorize a money transaction.
'Contactless payments are becoming the new normal,' according to the 2017 World Payments Report owing to the fact that a growing number of shops now accept contactless payment methods. Therefore hundreds of millions of contactless cards have been issued to consumers.
Consequently payments made through the apps in smartphone mobiles are growing in popularity.

Freely adapted from: www.americanexpress.com

The UK ________ third in the world by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) for the ammount of startups created but only 13th for the number that go ________ to become established medium-sized companies. Lack of access to financing as a business matures is clearly an ________.
A government report has shown that fewer than one in 10 firms that obtain seed ________ in the UK go on to receive later stage fourth round ________, compared with nearly a quarter in the US.
________, they become zombie startups, the term for companies that keep going after funding runs out but don't actually grow, and ________ no longer see them as attractive nor worth a punt.

Freely adapted from: www.theguardian.com

Timebanking
Timebanking has developed in the UK since 1998. Since then it has had an extraordinary growth and it has been ________ (intense) by many public, private and community sectors in recent years. The timebanking journey began in Japan and it has now spread to over forty countries in six different continents and it is being daily applied by millions of people worldwide. Learning about how and why timebanking ________ (strength) the values that ________ (character) our society. As a result, you can ________ (identity) the needs of people in a group and ________ (sympathy) with their problems. Timebanking can make a difference to ________ (quantity) what outside help is needed.

Freely adapted from: www.timebanking.org

I started using the computer when I was about 9 and ________ the age of 12 I was writing apps for ________. One of these I sold to Yahoo for 20 million pounds. It was an idea I had from ________ to find information quickly on the net. I thought it would be great to have ________ app that looked for me and then even ________ the information. My advice to anyone starting out is to ________. You have to make loads of mistakes before you ________ with the right solution.

I got my parents to ________ money with their credit ________ for my sister's birthday present.

The bank allowed ________ to change their rate of interests from ________ to variable.

Theresa was told to make payments on ________ banking by her ________ advisor ________ the Internet network was secure.

My brother John ________ a savings ________ opened by the agency where he works.

My mother does not ________ anybody check her ________ statement.

Departments in a Company
It's useful to understand how a company works and which ________ make up a typical firm. The one you may already know is the Personnel or Human Resources Department, which deals with your application when you apply for a job.
Then there is the Marketing Department ________ and the Sales Department ________ the products which are made in the Production or Manufacturing Department. Every company also has a ________ or Accounting Department to ________ with the money and perhaps a Research and ________ Department.
Another important department is the Customer Service Department, which deals with customer ________ and complaints.