Payment cards

This unique publication on the Czech and world market provides a comprehensive view of the history of payment cards. In an interesting and engaging way it presents the development of different types of payment cards in the USA, Europe and Japan, the emergence of international card associations and technical inventions and inventors. The reader will also get an insight into the technical background of card companies and banks, learn about the development of brands and marketing of payment cards and find out many interesting and useful things about their security, competitive disputes and future prospects. The entire development is documented in more than 600 colour and black and white images, of which more than 100 are published for the first time in many decades. Author, a recognized expert on credit cards, hundreds of unique payment card specimens for the book, credit stamps, advertisements and flyers from all over the world, Many foreign archives of banks and other companies have willingly provided information or images. The book is thus quite unique in its documentary form and its attractiveness. Bankers, credit card specialists, merchants, Journalists, historians, Collectors of payment cards and the general public interested in the history of banking or technology should not miss this unique and exclusive publication. The book is supplemented with references to sources, an appendix for collectors of payment cards, a chronological overview of the development and an English summary. MasterCard Europe is a partner of the issue.