Description

Master Charge
Pullman Bank and Trust company
IBC code (Illinois Bank Charge)
Credit card EXP. 1971

This card from 1970 also has the HBC (Heritage Bank Card) named from 1969 by Financial Management Associates Inc., and in 1974 Pullman was renamed Heritage Pullman Bank and Trust company. The IBC code was removed by the mid 1970’s

Illinois Bank Charge (issued by Pullman Bank and Trust company)  issued cards with the Michigan Bankard design in 1966 with the same distinctive blue and red flag design. They became part of the Midwest Bank Card issuing group in 1967, adding the original flag design as a logo on the front of the Midwest design. It became part of the Interbank group, issuing Master Charge cards from the early 1970’s under Pullman Bank and Trust company.

The Pullman Bank and Trust Company operated under the Wintrust group of banks

For a general history of Credit cards in USA please see the article
The Credit Card