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William Hale Thompson (#41) was the last Republican mayor of Chicago. Jane Byrne (#50) was the first female mayor. Harold Washington (#51) was the first African American mayor. Richard M. Daley (#54) was the longest-serving mayor (22 years). Lori Lightfoot (#56) was the first African American woman mayor of Chicago.
On September 2, 1969, Chemical Bank installed the first ATM in the U.S. at its branch in Rockville Centre, New York. The first ATMs were designed to dispense a fixed amount of cash when a user inserted a specially coded card. A Chemical Bank advertisement boasted "On Sept. 2 our bank will open at 9:00 and never close again."
1816: The Treaty of St. Louis is signed in St. Louis, Missouri. Ft. Dearborn is rebuilt. 1818: December 3, Illinois joins the Union and becomes a state. 1820 Chicago. 1821 Survey of Chicago. 1830. August 4, Chicago is surveyed and platted for the first time by James Thompson. Population: "Less than 100".
The finalized regulation, which the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) first proposed last year, will cap most credit card late fees at $8, down from the current average of $32. Don’t miss
Bankers say an $8 late fee on credit cards would be 'far below banks' actual costs.' Regulators say consumers would save $10 billion with new fee. Regulators want to slash credit card late fees to ...
American Express. American Express Company ( Amex) is an American bank holding company and multinational financial services corporation that specializes in payment cards. It is headquartered at 200 Vesey Street, also known as American Express Tower, in the Battery Park City neighborhood of Lower Manhattan.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced Tuesday that it will close a loophole that costs Americans more than $14 billion per year in late fees on their credit cards. My consumer ...
Diners Club International (DCI), founded as Diners Club, is a charge card company owned by Discover Financial Services.Formed in 1950 by Frank X. McNamara, Ralph Schneider (1909–1964), Matty Simmons, and Alfred S. Bloomingdale, it was the first independent payment card company in the world, successfully establishing the financial card service of issuing travel and entertainment (T&E) credit ...