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Credit
1991
Bank of Credit and Commerce International divests itself of 1st American Bank
1990
5 Bank of Credit and Commerce members found guilty of money
1990
2 Bank of Credit and Commerce members plea guilty to money laundering
1988
NY's MTA announces it may replace tokens with credit card type passes
1977
Bank of America adopts the name VISA for their credit cards
1974
Law bans discrimination of sex or marital status in credit application
1972
Access credit cards introduced in Great Britain
1964
IMF grants Great Britain credit of $1 billion
1957
U.S. gives Poland credit of $95 million
1954
Dean Stone gets credit for AL win, although he didn't retire a batter, he threw out Shoendienst trying to steal home, AL-11 NL-9
1952
Franklin National Bank issues 1st bank credit card
1950
Diner's Club issues its 1st credit cards
1934
Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Federal Credit Union Act, establishing Credit Unions
1933
U.S. Farm Credit Administration authorized
1909
1st credit union forms in US
1908
1st credit union in U.S. forms (Manchester NH)
1893
Abner Doubleday, credit with inventing baseball, dies on 74th birthday
1893
1st U.S. college extension courses for credit, Univ of Chicago
1873
U.S. Congress begins investigating Credit Mobilier scandal
1860
Edward Albert Filene, merchant, established U.S. credit union movement
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