The Diners Club Card was the next step in credit cards. According to a representative from Diners Club, the story began in 1949 when a man named Frank McNamara had a business dinner in New York's Major's Cabin Grill. read more
Bloomingdale predicted that credit cards would become more popular than cash. Flickr / MaxVT. A man ahead of his time, Bloomingdale was the one to predict the eventual demise of cash and rise of the credit card:"The day will come when the plastic card will make money obsolete," he said. read more