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The History of Credit Cards: Origins and Usage [INFOGRAPHIC]

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A timeline on the history of credit cards – from their start, back in 1890 Europe, until now – when credit cards are used more than 20 billion times in a year (That’s $1.9 trillion total value in transactions!). The history of credit cards infographic is embedded below:

 

The History of Credit Cards

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