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ABOUT CREDIT CARDS

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                                     ABOUT CREDIT CARDS!!!   Payment cards   are part of a  p ayment system   issued by  financial institutions , such as a  bank , to a customer that enables its owner (the cardholder) to access the funds in the customer's designated   b ank accounts , or through a  credit card   account   and make payments by electronic account transfer and access   ATMs.   Such cards are known by a variety of names including   bank cards ,   ATM cards , client   cards ,   key cards   or   cash cards . There are a number of types of payment cards, the most common being credit cards, debit cards, charge cards and prepaid cards. Most commonly, a payment card is electronically linked to an account or accounts belonging to the cardholder. These accounts may be deposit accounts or loan or credit accounts, and the card is a means of authenticating the cardholder. However, stored-value cards store money on the card itself and are not necessarily linked to an account at a

HISTORY OF AEROLANE

HISTORY OF AEROPLANE     The inventors of the first airplane were Orville and Wilbur Wright. On December 17, 1903, the Wright brothers made the first successful experiment in which a machine (aka airplane) carrying a man rose by its own power, flew naturally and at even speed, and descended without damage. What is an Airplane? Most of us only have to look up into the sky to see an airplane, and many of us have traveled by airplane to places that would have taken much longer by any other means of  transportation . An airplane by definition is an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets. Before the Wright Brothers - History of Flight However, before the first airplane was invented by the Wright Brothers, inventors made numerous attempts to make like the birds and fly. These early inventions included kites, hot air balloons, airships, gliders, and other devices. Orville Wright & Wilbur Wright - First Piloted & Powered Airplane "Flight is possible to

Pen History

Pen History As early as 4,000 B.C., ancient peoples used crude pens consisting of hollow straws or reeds that supported a short column of liquid. During the 500’s B.C., people began to make pens from the wing feathers of such birds as geese and swans. The shaft of the feathers was hardened, and the writing tip was shaped and slit to make writing easy. These feather pens were known as quill pens, and they were widely used until the development of steel-nib pens in the 1800’s. By the late 1800’s, inventors had perfected an early version of the fountain pen. This pen represented a major improvement over previous pens, because it featured an ink reservoir and a capillary feed. Earlier pens held only a small amount of ink at a time and had to be repeatedly dipped in ink. The First Fountain Pen In 1883, L. E. Waterman, an insurance salesman, purchased a writing contraption with its own ink reservoir. But when it leaked, ruining a sale, he got an idea for a better one and decided

James and the art of bonding

Watching the recent James Bond film festival on Star Movies ensured not only great entertainment, but also an opportunity to understand one of the world's truly enduring brands. For this character, created by Ian Fleming over half-a-century ago, still manages to keep the pulse racing even after myriad transformations that the world around him has undergone. What then is the elusive recipe for the popularity of the world's best known secret agent? And what can the brand world look to imbibe from an idea that has traversed space and time with aplomb? The triumph of an overarching philosophy Call it the essence, core or unifying theme, but the Bond brand seems to have it perfectly figured out. While playing with the most advanced gadgets coupled with dutifully romancing all the women who cross his path and saving the world just in time for cocktails might only seem outward manifestations of the behaviour of this super spy, there are deeper primal levels at which these might