Paying with Plastic : The Digital Revolution in Buying and Borrowing.
Evans, David.
Paying with Plastic : The Digital Revolution in Buying and Borrowing. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (387 pages)
Paying with Plastic -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Plastic Cards -- From Sea Shells to Electrons -- A Land of Local Banks, Awash in Paper Checks -- The Rise of Payment Cards -- From Gourmets to the Masses -- Everywhere You Want to Be, Not Everywhere They Want to Be -- Chickens, Eggs, and Other Economic Conundrums -- System Wars -- Issuer Brawls -- Puzzles and Paradoxes -- The Antitrust Wars -- Debit Takes Off (Finally) -- And They Don t Take Cash -- Sources and Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.
9780262272445
Credit cards -- United States.
Bank credit cards -- United States.
Electronic funds transfers -- United States.
Electronic commerce -- United States.
Consumer credit -- United States.
Electronic books.
HG3755.8.U6 -- E94 1999eb
332.7/65/0973
Paying with Plastic : The Digital Revolution in Buying and Borrowing. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (387 pages)
Paying with Plastic -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Plastic Cards -- From Sea Shells to Electrons -- A Land of Local Banks, Awash in Paper Checks -- The Rise of Payment Cards -- From Gourmets to the Masses -- Everywhere You Want to Be, Not Everywhere They Want to Be -- Chickens, Eggs, and Other Economic Conundrums -- System Wars -- Issuer Brawls -- Puzzles and Paradoxes -- The Antitrust Wars -- Debit Takes Off (Finally) -- And They Don t Take Cash -- Sources and Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.
9780262272445
Credit cards -- United States.
Bank credit cards -- United States.
Electronic funds transfers -- United States.
Electronic commerce -- United States.
Consumer credit -- United States.
Electronic books.
HG3755.8.U6 -- E94 1999eb
332.7/65/0973