Cash To Plastic

Author : Alya Guseva
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0804789592
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plastic Money written by Alya Guseva and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2014-02-26 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the United States, we now take our ability to pay with plastic for granted. In other parts of the world, however, the establishment of a "credit-card economy" has not been easy. In countries without a history of economic stability, how can banks decide who should be given a credit card? How do markets convince people to use cards, make their transactions visible to authorities, assume the potential risk of fraud, and pay to use their own money? Why should merchants agree to pay extra if customers use cards instead of cash? In Plastic Money, Akos Rona-Tas and Alya Guseva tell the story of how banks overcame these and other quandaries as they constructed markets for credit cards in eight postcommunist countries. We know how markets work once they are built, but this book develops a unique framework for understanding how markets are engineered from the ground up—by selecting key players, ensuring cooperation, and providing conditions for the valuation of a product. Drawing on extensive interviews and fieldwork, the authors chronicle how banks overcame these hurdles and generated a desire for their new product in the midst of a transition from communism to capitalism.

Author : Akos Rona-Tas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780804768580
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plastic Money written by Akos Rona-Tas and published by . This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the United States, we now take our ability to pay with plastic for granted. In other parts of the world, however, the establishment of a "credit-card economy" has not been easy. In countries without a history of economic stability, how can banks decide who should be given a credit card? How do markets convince people to use cards, make their transactions visible to authorities, assume the potential risk of fraud, and pay to use their own money? Why should merchants agree to pay extra if customers use cards instead of cash? In Plastic Money, Akos Rona-Tas and Alya Guseva tell the story of how banks overcame these and other quandaries as they constructed markets for credit cards in eight postcommunist countries. We know how markets work once they are built, but this book develops a unique framework for understanding how markets are engineered from the ground up - by selecting key players, ensuring cooperation, and providing conditions for the valuation of a product. Drawing on extensive interviews and fieldwork, the authors chronicle how banks overcame these hurdles and generated a desire for their new product in the midst of a transition from communism to capitalism."--back cover.

Author : Mrudula E
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788131404621
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plastic Money - An Introduction written by Mrudula E and published by . This book was released on 2006-12-08 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plastic money or polymer money, made out of plastic, is a new and easier way of paying for goods and services. Plastic money was introduced in the 1950s and is now an essential form of ready money which reduces the risk of handling a huge amount of cash.

Author : Martin J. Meyer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Turn Plastic Into Gold written by Martin J. Meyer and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Amandio F. C. DaSilva
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cash to Plastic written by Amandio F. C. DaSilva and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The transition from cash to plastic cards has been a rapid one. With the convenience of these cards came the issue of security, rapid technological changes and society s adaptation to these changes. There was also the legal issue which is an area of conce

Author : Baby Professor
Publisher : Speedy Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 1541920376
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Is Plastic Money Real? How Credit Cards Work - Math Book Nonfiction 9th Grade | Children's Money & Saving Reference written by Baby Professor and published by Speedy Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2017-12-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Credit cards are very common these days. Instead of paying with paper bills and coins, buyers present plastic money. The amounts purchased are charged exactly as the price tags. How credit cards work should only be introduced after the basic skills of counting and making change has been established. Learn something new everyday. Make it a habit to read. Good luck!

Author : David Solomon
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN 13 : 1486300332
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Plastic Banknote written by David Solomon and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2014-11-05 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Have you got any ideas on how to make a better banknote?' In the late 1960s, the detection of counterfeit banknotes and the rise of new photographic and copying technologies prompted the Reserve Bank of Australia to explore options for increasing the security of currency. A top-secret research project, undertaken by CSIRO and the Bank, resulted in the development of the world’s first successful polymer banknotes. This technology is now used in over 30 countries. This book describes the story of the Currency Notes Research and Development project from its inception in 1968 through to the release of the $10 Australian bicentennial plastic banknote in 1988. It exemplifies a market-driven project which resulted in advances in science, technology and approaches to commercialisation, and a fundamental change in banknote security.

Author : David Wolman
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 0306822695
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The End of Money written by David Wolman and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2013-08-13 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For ages, money has meant little metal disks and rectangular slips of paper. Yet the usefulness of physical money -- to say nothing of its value -- is coming under fire as never before. Intrigued by the distinct possibility that cash will soon disappear, author and Wired contributing editor David Wolman sets out to investigate the future of money...and how it will affect your wallet. Wolman begins his journey by deciding to shun cash for an entire year -- a surprisingly successful experiment (with a couple of notable exceptions). He then ventures forth to find people and technologies that illuminate the road ahead. In Honolulu, he drinks Mai Tais with Bernard von NotHaus, a convicted counterfeiter and alternative-currency evangelist whom government prosecutors have labeled a domestic terrorist. In Tokyo, he sneaks a peek at the latest anti-counterfeiting wizardry, while puzzling over the fact that banknote forgers depend on society's addiction to cash. In a downtrodden Oregon town, he mingles with obsessive coin collectors -- the people who are supposed to love cash the most, yet don't. And in rural Georgia, he examines why some people feel the end of cash is Armageddon's warm-up act. After stops at the Digital Money Forum in London and Iceland's central bank, Wolman flies to Delhi, where he sees first-hand how cash penalizes the poor more than anyone--and how mobile technologies promise to change that. Told with verve and wit, The End of Money explores an aspect of our daily lives so fundamental that we rarely stop to think about it. You'll never look at a dollar bill the same again.

Author : Bernardo Batiz-Lazo
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137602317
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book of Payments written by Bernardo Batiz-Lazo and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-04 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the nature of retail financial transaction infrastructures. Contributions assume a long-term outlook in their exploration of the key financial processes and systems that support a global transition to a cashless economy. The volume offers both modern and historic accounts that demonstrate the constantly changing role of payment instruments. It brings together different theoretical approaches to the study, re-examining and forecasting changes in retail payment systems. Chapters explore a global transition to a cashless society and contemplate future alternatives to cash, cheques and plastic, featuring the perspectives of academics from different disciplines in conversation and industry participants from six continents. Readers are invited to discover the innovation in payment systems and how it co-evolves with changes in society and organisations through personal, corporate and governmental processes.

Author : Gary Belsky
Publisher : Gary Belsky
ISBN 13 : 9780684859385
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes--and how to Correct Them written by Gary Belsky and published by Gary Belsky. This book was released on 2000 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revealing look at the mental blind spots that lead to financial blunders offers sensible, on-target solutions from an award-winning financial journalist and a pioneer in the new science of behavioral economics.