I always wondered about this.... - Democratic Underground

pepperbear

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Sat Sep-16-06 02:18 AM
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I always wondered about this....

Edited on Sat Sep-16-06 02:19 AM by pepperbear

History of the credit card

http://inventors.about.com/od/cstartinventions/a/credit_cards.htm

and....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_card#History

For kicks, another source, Wikipedia, says that some theorize that the use of easy credit in the 20s might have led to the Great Depression, and that petrol companies were among the first to issue. AS IF.

Just some late night trivia....

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