Evans, David S. <br/><br/>
Paying with Plastic :  The Digital Revolution in Buying and Borrowing. 

 - 2nd ed. 
 - 1 online resource (384 pages) 
 - The MIT Press Series .
 - The MIT Press Series .
<br/><br/>Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 - Plastic Cards -- 2 - From Seashells to Electrons -- 3 - More Than Money -- 4 - From Gourmets to the Masses -- 5 - From Sardi's to Saks.com -- 6 - It Takes Two to Tango -- 7 - Co-opetition and the Payment Card Ecosystem -- 8 - System Wars -- 9 - Issuer Brawls -- 10 - Backroom Battles -- 11 - The Antitrust Wars -- 12 - On the Brink -- 13 - And They Don't Take Cash -- Sources and Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index. 
<br/><br/> The definitive account of the trillion-dollar payment card industry. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780262272438 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Credit cards--United States.<br/>Bank credit cards--United States.<br/>Electronic funds transfers--United States.<br/>Electronic commerce--United States.<br/>Consumer credit--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HG3755.8.U6 E94 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>332.7/65/0973