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jan 21, 1950 - First Credit Card Invented

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Credit card, small plastic card containing a means of identification, such as a signature or picture, that authorizes the person named on it to charge goods or services to an account, for which the cardholder is billed periodically

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Payment systems

ByJACOB ANDERSON
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jan 21, 1950
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~ 76 years ago

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