Electronic Value Exchange Origins of the VISA Electronic Payment System /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Stearns, David L. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: London : Springer London, 2011.
• Σειρά: History of Computing,
• Θέματα: Computer science.; Computer software > Reusability.; Computer communication systems.; Application software.; Computers.; Computers and civilization.; Management information systems.; Computer Science.; History of Computing.; Computer Appl. in Administrative Data Processing.; Computer Communication Networks.; Performance and Reliability.; Computers and Society.; Management of Computing and Information Systems.

Although those born after the 1990s might never have known a time without them, payment cards and the electronic and computing networks they activate went through an explicit process of creation and adoption—a process which actively shaped these ubiquitous systems into what they are today. To unders...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Setting the Stage: Money, Credit, and Payments in America
• Associating: Dee Hock and the Creation of the Organization
• Crafting the Social Dynamics: Staffing, Operating Regulations, and Advertising
• Automating Authorization: BASE
• Automating Clearing and Settlement: BASE II and III
• Expanding the System: Organizational and Technical Growth
• Automating the Point of Sale: Encoding Standards and Merchant Dial Terminals
• Challenging Conceptual Barriers: EFT and The Debit Card
• Negotiating Roles: Controversies and the End of an Era
• Conclusions: Towards a General Socio-technical History of Payment Systems.