What was the first "brand" of credit card? (Hint - it's not Visa or MasterCard)?

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SUPER MOM
DINERS CLUB is the answer for radio trivia:-)
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alextrbk_1999
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Diner's Club


zilly
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FAMOUS FIRSTS TRIVIA

What was the first "brand" of credit card? (Hint - it's not Visa or MasterCard)

DINER'S CLUB is the us99 trivia answer.


kmart
Diner's Club


luvz_pussee
Diners Club


sunshine05rose
The Diners Club
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"In an effort to capture customer loyalty, various department stores and gas stations began to offer charge accounts for their customers which could be accessed by a card.

Unfortunately, people needed to bring dozens of these cards with them if they were to do a day of shopping.
McNamara had the idea of needing only one credit card.

McNamara discussed the idea with Bloomingdale and Sneider and the three pooled some money and started a new company in 1950 which they called the Diners Club.

The Diners Club was going to be a middleman. Instead of individual companies offering credit to their own customers (whom they would bill later), the Diners Club was going to offer credit to individuals for many companies (then bill the customers and pay the companies). "

http://history1900s.about.com/od/1950s/a/firstcreditcard_2.htm


lilewu
Diner's Club


Bev B
Diners Club - works for me


Flyer
Diner's Club


DonnaBee
Diner's Club


john5242548
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"Diners Club"......................................


beecher
Diner's Club for US 99


Robert M
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Diners Club


ima-bratt
Diners Club works for the radio trivia's


Amanda b
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Diner's Club


mazotti1
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Diner's Club


Kelley
Diners Club - worked for radio trivia.
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James M
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Diner's Club


Cindy
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Diners Club


GraWolfe
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DINERS CLUB worked for 105.9 radio trivia


M J
Diners works


Pengy
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Sears


mclovin
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http://216.109.125.130/search/cache?ei=UTF-8&p=first+credit+card+in+history&fr=yfp-t-306&u=history1900s.about.com/od/1950s/a/firstcreditcard.htm&w=first+credit+card+cards+history&d=EvLM7_L9Pvv6&icp=1&.intl=us


tells you about how credit cards started.


In 1950, Diners Club and American Express launched their charge cards in the USA, the first "plastic money". In 1951, Diners Club issued the first credit card to 200 customers who could use it at 27 restaurants in New York. But it was only until the establishment of standards for the magnetic strip in 1970 that the credit card became part of the information age.

http://www.didyouknow.cd/creditcards.htm


Mark B
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BankAmericard - Later changed it's name to Visa




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