[Jukebox-list] OT-Old names

[Robert Aker]

Visa did start as BankAmericard.  I had a Midwest Bank Card which evolved 
into Master Charge and then MasterCard.  I also had a Diners Card - which 
still exists but are not a factor in the market. Diners actually started the 
universal charge card business and then slept through the boom in the charge 
card business.  Few people realize that Visa and MasterCard do not and never 
have issued charge cards.  They are franchises that license banks and credit 
unions to issue the cards and provide the interchange system so issuers get 
debited and acquirers get credited.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Rich" <ronnnrich at yahoo.com>
To: "Jukebox mailing list" <jukebox-list at lists.netlojix.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 6:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Jukebox-list] OT-Old names


> For you "young-ins", "Charge-a Plate" was (one of ?) the first charge 
> cards on the order of what "VISA" or Master Card is today.
>  Does anyone know--was it a national system?  I only know that it was good 
> in the San Francisco area, in certain dept. stores.
>  I think it was a co-operative type thing here, that combined the billing 
> depts. of the stores---I also believe that "Bank of America" which was 
> headquartered here at the time, took it over, and re-named it "BankAmerica 
> Card"--which later evolved into "VISA". Ron Rich
>
> Ron Rich <ronnnrich at yahoo.com> wrote:
>  My Mom had a "Charge-a-Plate"--looked like an Army "Dog Tag"--- in a 
> leather holder, if I remember right---Ron Rich
>
> David Breneman wrote:
> --- Ron Rich wrote:
>
>> Gee--I don't think I've ever heard that word-------
>
> If you ever see those copies that are a negative image, ie,
> white writing on a black background, those are photostats.
> It was a photographic process that predated photoxerography.
> Now, who wants to try charge-a-plate?
>
> David Breneman david_breneman at yahoo.com
>
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