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Commons. Portal. v. t. e. A credit card is a payment card, usually issued by a bank, allowing its users to purchase goods or services or withdraw cash on credit. Using the card thus accrues debt that has to be repaid later. [1] Credit cards are one of the most widely used forms of payment across the world.
History Early history Share of the American Express Company, 1865. In 1850, American Express was started as a freight forwarding company in Buffalo, New York. It was founded as a joint-stock corporation by the merger of the cash-in-transit companies owned by Henry Wells (Wells & Company), William G. Fargo (Livingston, Fargo & Company), and John Warren Butterfield (Wells, Butterfield & Company ...
Platinum is a member of the platinum group of elements and group 10 of the periodic table of elements. It has six naturally occurring isotopes. It is one of the rarer elements in Earth's crust, with an average abundance of approximately 5 μg /kg. It occurs in some nickel and copper ores along with some native deposits, mostly in South Africa ...
Visa Inc. ( / ˈviːzə, ˈviːsə /; stylized as VISA) is an American multinational payment card services corporation headquartered in San Francisco, California. [1] [4] It facilitates electronic funds transfers throughout the world, most commonly through Visa-branded credit cards, debit cards and prepaid cards. [5]
The back of a Centurion Card with EMV chip, 2010. The American Express Centurion Card, colloquially known as the Black Card, is a charge card issued by American Express. It is reserved for the company's wealthiest clients who meet certain net worth, credit quality, and spending requirements on its gateway card, the Platinum Card. The firm does not disclose the exact requirements to receive an ...
Logo used since 2019, with the current symbol since 2016 without the "Mastercard" wordmark. Mastercard Inc. (stylized as MasterCard from 1979 to 2016, mastercard from 2016 to 2019) is an American multinational payment card services corporation headquartered in Purchase, New York. [3] It offers a range of payment transaction processing and other ...
The J.P. Morgan Reserve Card, formerly branded and colloquially known as the Palladium Card, is a credit card issued by J.P. Morgan [nb 1] on the Visa network. It is reserved for the wealthiest clients of the firm's global private bank. [1] [2] The card is minted out of a brass alloy, laser -engraved, and plated with metal palladium and 23 ...
David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie (/ ˈ b oʊ i / BOH-ee), was an English singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. He is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century.