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  2. Credit card - Wikipedia

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    Although credit cards reached very high adoption levels in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Australia, and New Zealand during the latter 20th century, many cultures were more cash-oriented or developed alternative forms of cashless payments, such as Carte bleue or the Eurocard (Germany, France, Switzerland, and

  3. Jürgen Dethloff - Wikipedia

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    A successor of the original chip is now used in tens of millions of credit cards. Patent. Dethloff and Gröttrup filed an application for a patent on 13 Sep 1969 ...

  4. John C. Biggins - Wikipedia

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    John C. Biggins (died September 18, 1971) was an American banker and the inventor of Charg-It, a forerunner of the bank credit card. He created Charg-It in 1946 while working for Flatbush National Bank in Brooklyn , New York .

  5. History of money - Wikipedia

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    In the late 20th century, payment cards such as credit cards and debit cards became the dominant mode of consumer payment in the First World. The Bankamericard , launched in 1958, became the first third-party credit card to acquire widespread use and to be accepted in shops and stores all over the United States, soon followed by Mastercard and ...

  6. Timeline of historic inventions - Wikipedia

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    4.2 20th century. 4.2.1 1900s. 4. ... The timeline of historic inventions is a chronological list of particularly ... Kane Kramer develops the credit card-sized, IXI ...

  7. List of existing technologies predicted in science fiction

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    The names of some modern inventions (atomic bomb, credit card, robot, space station, oral contraceptive and borazon) exactly match their fictional predecessors. A few works correctly predicted the years when some technologies would emerge, such as the first sustained heavier-than-air aircraft flight in 1903 and the first atomic bomb explosion ...

  8. Forrest Parry - Wikipedia

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    Forrest Corry Parry (July 4, 1921 – December 31, 2005) was an American IBM engineer who invented the magnetic stripe card used for credit cards and identification badges. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Early life

  9. Category:20th-century inventions - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "20th-century inventions" ... Credit card; Cube teapot; Cultured pearl; D. Ðàn tre; Darrieus wind turbine; Debit card; Dehumidifier; Digital camera;