40 years of credit cards

In today’s world, credit and debit cards are increasingly becoming the main means for people to pay for goods and services. There are predictions that as soon as micro payments can be made using plastic, then cash will rapidly become a thing of the past.It seems that credit cards have come a long way since the first Barclaycard was introduced by Barclays 40 years ago on 29^th June 1966.

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