Would you believe it, if we told you that the first credit card was issued in the…1950s? Or that already in the 20s, department stores offered debit cards to their clients?
Have a look at this great infographic made by CreditDonkey.com to find out more fun facts about payments in the past.
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Like any self-respecting company, we have decided to make new custom 404 and 500 error pages.
You know, the ones you see when you misspell the URL or when we’re busy fixing things?
Let us know what you think of our latest creation! :)
The screenshots below illustrate the general idea, but it’s best to check both pages live in action! Here are the links:
It’s easy to find news and information on business or technology, but unfortunately services that cover those topics rarely publish payment news. If they do, it’s usually connected with some new gadgets or hot news like Google Wallet or mobile payments at Starbucks. So here are some useful payment services – choose what fits best your preferences.
If you know any other interesting payment websites, don’t hesitate to leave a link in the comments.
Here’s a link to a visualization of the United States debt.
It’s showed step by step in $100 bills, you just follow the numbers and… well, you can surely check whether your idea of “how much is one trillion dollars” was correct. But it doesn’t stop there.
I suppose we all have private profiles on Facebook and probably on Twitter as well. Some of us have LinkedIn accounts for building and maintaining professional networks, but we use Foursquare for fun. And we still remember the golden age of MySpace and Friendster.
Social networking became a part of our everyday online life just a few years ago. But do you remember the trends changes? When the Facebook began to rule the world and when the Friendster shifted to the low position in social rankings?
The race for Internet domination’s graph (created by OnlineSchools.org) shows the career path of social networking: http://www.onlineschools.org/state-of-the-internet/soti.html
When you start your own business, online or offline, you need to specify which payment methods you want to offer your customers. And you’ll have no problem finding a lot of information about payments providers, new financial products and services or news from banking market. But the point is to reach a valuable source of information.
Card Academy Bulletin is a Payment Card and Financial Services newsletter published by CAC Card Academy. Being located in Copenhagen, Denmark, they gather fresh news not only from Nordic and Baltic Rim countries, but also from the rest of the European and global market.
CAC organizes also payment industry conferences in Baltic and Nordic countries (such as Latvia, Iceland, Norway, Sweden or Denmark), which attracts companies representatives from payments and banking industry. It’s always nice to meet your business partners face-to-face, especially when you entrust them your money.
To find more information about Card Academy, visit http://www.cac-cardacademy.com/ and subscribe to Card Academy Bulletin.