TY - BOOK AU - Evans,David S. AU - Schmalensee,Richard TI - Paying with Plastic: The Digital Revolution in Buying and Borrowing T2 - The MIT Press Series SN - 9780262272438 AV - HG3755.8.U6 E94 2005 U1 - 332.7/65/0973 PY - 2004/// CY - Cambridge PB - MIT Press KW - Credit cards--United States KW - Bank credit cards--United States KW - Electronic funds transfers--United States KW - Electronic commerce--United States KW - Consumer credit--United States KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - The definitive account of the trillion-dollar payment card industry UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3338896 ER -