The Blog of Hayden Sutherland, an eCommerce, Online Marketing and Digital Strategy consultant based in Glasgow, Scotland. These are my thoughts on how companies can take advantage of the modern interaction technologies and methods to improve communications, influence behaviour and retail online better.
Showing posts with label credit card. Show all posts
Showing posts with label credit card. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
What are the most common online payment methods?
An obvious part of any eCommerce site is its ability to handle payments. In this video clip for Fresh Business Thinking I describe the most common online payment methods.
Labels:
credit card,
ecommerce,
payment
Thursday, September 18, 2008
The Credit Card is 50 today
On September 18 1958, Bank of America officially launched its first credit cards in Fresno California. These BankAmericards (now known by their more popular brand name of 'Visa') propelled us into the consumer economy by giving normal people instant access to finances they didn't actually have.
And now sitting on the edge of a global recession, promoted in-part by reckless consumer spending, you have to wonder with hindsight.... was it really such a good idea?
And now sitting on the edge of a global recession, promoted in-part by reckless consumer spending, you have to wonder with hindsight.... was it really such a good idea?
Labels:
credit card,
recession,
visa
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