Early phase in e-money development: from Edvard Bellamy to Frank Macknamary
Journal: THE JOURNALZHYTOMYR STATE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY. SERIES: ECONOMICS (Vol.1, No. 75)Publication Date: 2016-04-15
Authors : O.S. Vysochan;
Page : 172-176
Keywords : e-money; credit card; credit; emission; payment system;
Abstract
The article examines the phases of e-money development from the first mentioning of ?a credit card? in literary sources to the appearance of Diners Club which preceded modern credit cards. The author has used the historical and geographic method for the decomposition of the early phase in the e-money development concerning the basic motives that induced emitters to develop and implement particular credit-payment systems. The article singles out three stages within the early phase of the e-money development, namely, the beginning of the ХХ-th century (supplying with short-term credits to obtain consumer’s goods), from 1920 to 1940 (guarantee of consumer’s loyalty to a brand, increasing the safety of clearing transactions by payer’s authorization), and 1950-ies (the use of the same credit for payment to various enterprises). It establishes the main features of the early phase in the e-money development; they are such as the absence of the necessary technical supply; emission, sale, guaranty on credits, on the cards issued take place outside the banking system; the lack of corporation credit card segment; the limitation of the application area; the low level of safety of the transactions accomplished.
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