Cover of The Credit Card: Plastic, Promise, Debt, a book by Ketineni Ramarao - Industries of India

The credit card is plastic, promise and debt in a wallet-sized rectangle. This book follows it from the first charge plates to the global networks, and the consumer finance industry that lends at the tap of a card.

120 pages · Published November 2026 · Free to read as a PDF

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Every reference number in the book resolves in the source companion: what each source is, how fully it was read, and its limits.

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