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How a six-page memo launched the credit card
The remarkable story of how a six page document and an investment of just £20,000 became the first steps on a road that changed British society forever. Kamal Ahmed finds out about the introduction of the credit card in 1966.
First broadcast on The Plastic Revolution: 50 Years of the Credit Card, 19 June 2016.
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