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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Vicky Shaw

Barclaycard marks 60 years since its credit cards changed the way people pay

Within 12 months, more than one million people in the UK had signed up for a Barclaycard credit card (Peter Byrne/PA) - (PA Archive)

Barclaycard is marking 60 years since its credit card launched in the UK, changing people’s payment habits.

The launch took place on June 29 1966, in partnership with Visa.

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