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The History of Credit Cards (Encore)

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

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The History of Credit Cards

The first credit card was issued by Bank America in 1958. Today, 191 million people in the United States alone have a total of $820 billion in outstanding credit card debt. The next frontier for credit cards is on smartphones.

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