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Top 10 Inventions in Money Technology During the 1900's

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the layaway dept.

scuggums writes "The DaVinci Institute has put together an interesting historic piece to help put the world of money technology into perspective. While I'm glad to see the ATM machine made the list, I had no idea it was invented back in 1939. Other items on the list are barcodes, spreadsheets, and RSA encryption. This looks to be one of the research pieces the Institute's doing for their upcoming Future of Money Summit in October."

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  1. Machine machine? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    ATM = automated teller machine

  2. ABOLISH MONEY!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    yes, I'm a small-c communist.

  3. Re:Plastic money by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Australia was NOT the first country to use credit cards, fuckstick. If you'd bothered to read the article you'd see it was invented in new york in 1950, called Diner's Club.

  4. Ahem... by eggarsuit · · Score: 0, Troll
    I believe the two biggest of the "Last Century's Big Money-Related Innovations" were Bling-Bling and its predecessor, Bling. I was disappointed at their exclusion from the list.

    It's like I always tell the kids. A quitter never wins and don't trust whitey.

  5. Re:Plastic money by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Read the article. New York 1950s != Australia 1980s

    6.) The Credit Card - 1950

    Frank McNamara, the founder of Diners' Club, is credited with having invented the first universal credit card for use in restaurants in 1950. He issued his card to 200 customers who could use it at 27 restaurants in New York. In 1958, the American Express Company entered the scene with their version of the universal credit card.

  6. Re:Some suggestions by CausticWindow · · Score: 0, Troll

    It is also true.

    Both Jesus and Karl Marx were dirty damn jews.

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    How small a thought it takes to fill a whole life
  7. Re:Huh by stoops · · Score: 0, Troll

    okay mr. nitpicker, why don't you tell us what PHP stands for? or GNU for that matter...