A title pawn lender is a financial institution that: A. specializes in financial services for small businesses. B. accepts deposits and makes loans without earning profits. C. uses a person's car as collateral to secure a loan. D. offers short-term loans with high interest rates.

Find the final hourly wage if a \( \$ 9.00 \) starting wage is increased by \( 4.5 \% \) each year for 8 years.

You deposit \( \$ 500 \) each month into an account earning \( 6 \% \) interest compounded monthly. a) How much will you have in the account in 20 years? b) How much total money will you put into the account? c) How much total interest will you earn? \( \$ \)

"In addition, she said banks operating in Africa need to have a more end-to-end approach to risk management, considering bankability at all stages." As a follow up to Question 1 above and in addition to the solutions recommended in the article, recommend how Southern African financial institutions can improve their risk management strategy.

You deposit \( \$ 1000 \) each year into an account earning \( 7 \% \) interest compounded annually. How much will you have in the account in 35 years?

How much would you need to deposit in an account now in order to have \( \$ 3000 \) in the account in 15 years? Assume the account earns \( 5 \% \) interest compounded monthly.