The creator of the first bank issued card was Mr. John Biggins of the Flatbush National Bank of Brooklyn in New York around 1946.
Biggins created the “Charge-It” program. Merchants could send sales slips into the bank after a customer used the card with them and the bank would then go and bill the customer back.
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