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		<title>USA-BANK-CRED-03114-PBT</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Master Charge
Pullman Bank and Trust company
HBC code (Heritage Bank Card)
Credit card EXP. 1979]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Master Charge<br />
Pullman Bank and Trust company<br />
HBC code (Heritage Bank Card)<br />
Credit card EXP. 1979</p>
<p>This card from 1979 also has the IBC code of Illinois Bank Charge removed, and in 1974 Pullman was renamed Heritage Pullman Bank and Trust company. The IBC code was removed by the mid 1970&#8217;s. HBC (Heritage Bank Card) is named from 1969 by Financial Management Associates Inc.</p>
<p>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.</p>
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<p>The Pullman Bank and Trust Company operated under the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wintrust_Financial" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Wintrust</strong></a> group of banks</p>
<p>For a general history of Credit cards in USA please see the article<br />
<strong><a class="button primary-button" href="https://phonecardmuseum.com/articles/banking-cards/the-credit-card/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Credit Card</a></strong></p>
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		<title>USA-BANK-CRED-03110-PBT</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ezzacards]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2016 23:44:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Master Charge
Pullman Bank and Trust company
IBC code (Illinois Bank Charge)
Credit card EXP. 1971]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Master Charge<br />
Pullman Bank and Trust company<br />
IBC code (Illinois Bank Charge)<br />
Credit card EXP. 1971</p>
<p>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&#8217;s</p>
<p>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&#8217;s under Pullman Bank and Trust company.</p>
<hr />
<p>The Pullman Bank and Trust Company operated under the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wintrust_Financial" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Wintrust</strong></a> group of banks</p>
<p>For a general history of Credit cards in USA please see the article<br />
<strong><a class="button primary-button" href="https://phonecardmuseum.com/articles/banking-cards/the-credit-card/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Credit Card</a></strong></p>
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		<title>USA-BANK-CRED-03522-SFNB</title>
		<link>https://phonecardmuseum.com/museum-collection/bank-cards/credit-cards/usa-regional/pacific-northwest/usa-bank-cred-03522-sfnb/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ezzacards]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2016 07:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Check Guarantee card
Seattle First National Bank
card EXP. 1977]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Check Guarantee card<br />
Seattle First National Bank<br />
card EXP. 1977</p>
<p>&#8220;First Security&#8221; 9 digit account number.</p>
<p>Seattle First pioneered the move toward credit cards in Washington state by issuing Firstbank cards in 1966, and the installation of automated teller machines in 1968. The Interbank logo appears in 1968 expiry cards, and from 1969 Master Charge credit cards were issued.<br />
Magnetic stripe coding was added from around 1974.<br />
<strong><a class="button primary-button" href="https://phonecardmuseum.com/articles/banking-cards/the-magnetic-stripe/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Magnetic Stripes</a>  </strong>also see history on<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_stripe_card" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong> Wikipedia</strong></a></p>
<hr />
<p><a href="http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/seattle-first-national-bank-inc-history/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Seattle First National Bank</strong></a> is as the name suggests, the oldest bank in Seattle, and is an wholly owned subsidiary of BankAmerica Corporation. Seafirst, as it is commonly known, had it&#8217;s beginning in 1870 Dexter Horton and his mercantile partner David Phillips, started up as Phillips, Horton and Company. in 1882, George W. Harris obtained a national charter and the bank was renamed First National Bank of Seattle. The following year, Puget Sound National Bank was founded. These two banks, along with Dexter Horton and Company, would form the nucleus of what would eventually become Seafirst.</p>
<p>The dramatic increase in oil prices during the 1970&#8217;s spawned a multi-billion dollar energy exploration industry with which Seafirst became heavily involved. When oil prices began to drop in the early 1980&#8217;s, Seafirst found itself wearing huge yearly losses, but the bank was rescued as a result of its acquisition by BankAmerica Corporation in 1983<br />
By the early 199&#8217;0s, Seafirst began again to post enviable profits, also absorbing 82 former Security Pacific branches from the 1991 merger of BankAmerica and Security Pacific.</p>
<p>For a general history of Credit cards in USA please see the article<br />
<strong><a class="button primary-button" href="https://phonecardmuseum.com/articles/banking-cards/the-credit-card/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Credit Card</a></strong></p>
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		<title>USA-BANK-CRED-03518-SFNB</title>
		<link>https://phonecardmuseum.com/museum-collection/bank-cards/credit-cards/usa-regional/pacific-northwest/usa-bank-cred-03518-sfnb/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ezzacards]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2016 07:51:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Master Charge
Seattle First National Bank
"Firstline" Card (ATM facility)
Credit card EXP. 1975 Mag 1a]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Master Charge<br />
Seattle First National Bank<br />
&#8220;Firstline&#8221; Card (ATM facility)<br />
Credit card EXP. 1975 Mag 1a</p>
<p>Firstline reverse. 12 digit account number. Branch identifier SFNB1004</p>
<p>Seattle First pioneered the move toward credit cards in Washington state by issuing Firstbank cards in 1966, and the installation of automated teller machines in 1968. The Interbank logo appears in 1968 expiry cards, and from 1969 Master Charge credit cards were issued.<br />
Magnetic stripe coding was added from around 1974.<br />
<strong><a class="button primary-button" href="https://phonecardmuseum.com/articles/banking-cards/the-magnetic-stripe/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Magnetic Stripes</a>  </strong>also see history on<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_stripe_card" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong> Wikipedia</strong></a></p>
<hr />
<p><a href="http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/seattle-first-national-bank-inc-history/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Seattle First National Bank</strong></a> is as the name suggests, the oldest bank in Seattle, and is an wholly owned subsidiary of BankAmerica Corporation. Seafirst, as it is commonly known, had it&#8217;s beginning in 1870 Dexter Horton and his mercantile partner David Phillips, started up as Phillips, Horton and Company. in 1882, George W. Harris obtained a national charter and the bank was renamed First National Bank of Seattle. The following year, Puget Sound National Bank was founded. These two banks, along with Dexter Horton and Company, would form the nucleus of what would eventually become Seafirst.</p>
<p>The dramatic increase in oil prices during the 1970&#8217;s spawned a multi-billion dollar energy exploration industry with which Seafirst became heavily involved. When oil prices began to drop in the early 1980&#8217;s, Seafirst found itself wearing huge yearly losses, but the bank was rescued as a result of its acquisition by BankAmerica Corporation in 1983<br />
By the early 199&#8217;0s, Seafirst began again to post enviable profits, also absorbing 82 former Security Pacific branches from the 1991 merger of BankAmerica and Security Pacific.</p>
<p>For a general history of Credit cards in USA please see the article<br />
<strong><a class="button primary-button" href="https://phonecardmuseum.com/articles/banking-cards/the-credit-card/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Credit Card</a></strong></p>
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		<title>USA-BANK-CRED-03516-SFNB</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2016 07:44:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Master Charge
Seattle First National Bank
"Firstbank Master Charge" Card
Credit card EXP. 1974]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Master Charge<br />
Seattle First National Bank<br />
&#8220;Firstbank Master Charge&#8221; Card<br />
Credit card EXP. 1974</p>
<p>Brown and Aqua panel design on the reverse, with normal Master Charge front. 12 digit account number. Branch identifier SFNB1004</p>
<p>Seattle First pioneered the move toward credit cards in Washington state by issuing Firstbank cards in 1966, and the installation of automated teller machines in 1968. The Interbank logo appears in 1968 expiry cards, and from 1969 Master Charge credit cards were issued.<br />
Magnetic stripe coding was added from around 1974.<br />
<strong><a class="button primary-button" href="https://phonecardmuseum.com/articles/banking-cards/the-magnetic-stripe/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Magnetic Stripes</a>  </strong>also see history on<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_stripe_card" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong> Wikipedia</strong></a></p>
<hr />
<p><a href="http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/seattle-first-national-bank-inc-history/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Seattle First National Bank</strong></a> is as the name suggests, the oldest bank in Seattle, and is an wholly owned subsidiary of BankAmerica Corporation. Seafirst, as it is commonly known, had it&#8217;s beginning in 1870 Dexter Horton and his mercantile partner David Phillips, started up as Phillips, Horton and Company. in 1882, George W. Harris obtained a national charter and the bank was renamed First National Bank of Seattle. The following year, Puget Sound National Bank was founded. These two banks, along with Dexter Horton and Company, would form the nucleus of what would eventually become Seafirst.</p>
<p>The dramatic increase in oil prices during the 1970&#8217;s spawned a multi-billion dollar energy exploration industry with which Seafirst became heavily involved. When oil prices began to drop in the early 1980&#8217;s, Seafirst found itself wearing huge yearly losses, but the bank was rescued as a result of its acquisition by BankAmerica Corporation in 1983<br />
By the early 199&#8217;0s, Seafirst began again to post enviable profits, also absorbing 82 former Security Pacific branches from the 1991 merger of BankAmerica and Security Pacific.</p>
<p>For a general history of Credit cards in USA please see the article<br />
<strong><a class="button primary-button" href="https://phonecardmuseum.com/articles/banking-cards/the-credit-card/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Credit Card</a></strong></p>
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		<title>USA-BANK-CRED-03514-SFNB</title>
		<link>https://phonecardmuseum.com/museum-collection/bank-cards/credit-cards/usa-regional/pacific-northwest/usa-bank-cred-03514-sfnb/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ezzacards]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2016 07:37:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Master Charge
Seattle First National Bank
Reverse "Firstbank" Card
Credit card EXP. 1972]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Master Charge<br />
Seattle First National Bank<br />
Reverse &#8220;Firstbank&#8221; Card<br />
Credit card EXP. 1972</p>
<p>Brown and Aqua panel design on the reverse, with normal Master Charge front. 12 digit account number. Branch identifier SFNB1004</p>
<p>Seattle First pioneered the move toward credit cards in Washington state by issuing Firstbank cards in 1966, and the installation of automated teller machines in 1968. The Interbank logo appears in 1968 expiry cards, and from 1969 Master Charge credit cards were issued.<br />
Magnetic stripe coding was added from around 1974.<br />
<strong><a class="button primary-button" href="https://phonecardmuseum.com/articles/banking-cards/the-magnetic-stripe/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Magnetic Stripes</a>  </strong>also see history on<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_stripe_card" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong> Wikipedia</strong></a></p>
<hr />
<p><a href="http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/seattle-first-national-bank-inc-history/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Seattle First National Bank</strong></a> is as the name suggests, the oldest bank in Seattle, and is an wholly owned subsidiary of BankAmerica Corporation. Seafirst, as it is commonly known, had it&#8217;s beginning in 1870 Dexter Horton and his mercantile partner David Phillips, started up as Phillips, Horton and Company. in 1882, George W. Harris obtained a national charter and the bank was renamed First National Bank of Seattle. The following year, Puget Sound National Bank was founded. These two banks, along with Dexter Horton and Company, would form the nucleus of what would eventually become Seafirst.</p>
<p>The dramatic increase in oil prices during the 1970&#8217;s spawned a multi-billion dollar energy exploration industry with which Seafirst became heavily involved. When oil prices began to drop in the early 1980&#8217;s, Seafirst found itself wearing huge yearly losses, but the bank was rescued as a result of its acquisition by BankAmerica Corporation in 1983<br />
By the early 199&#8217;0s, Seafirst began again to post enviable profits, also absorbing 82 former Security Pacific branches from the 1991 merger of BankAmerica and Security Pacific.</p>
<p>For a general history of Credit cards in USA please see the article<br />
<strong><a class="button primary-button" href="https://phonecardmuseum.com/articles/banking-cards/the-credit-card/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Credit Card</a></strong></p>
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		<title>USA-BANK-CRED-03140-TAC</title>
		<link>https://phonecardmuseum.com/museum-collection/bank-cards/credit-cards/usa-regional/midwest-usa/usa-bank-cred-03140-tac/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ezzacards]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2016 19:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Master Charge
Continental Illinois National Bank
Town and Country Charge
Credit card EXP. 1982]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Master Charge<br />
Continental Illinois National Bank<br />
Town and Country Charge<br />
Credit card EXP. 1982</p>
<p>Illinois Bank Charge (issued by Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust company) first 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. Cards continued to be issued under the new card group TOWN and COUNTRY CHARGE, &#8221; a division of Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust company of Chicago&#8221;.It became part of the Interbank group in 1969, issuing Master Charge cards from the early 1970&#8217;s<br />
Magnetic stripe coding was added from around 1975.<br />
<strong><a class="button primary-button" href="https://phonecardmuseum.com/articles/banking-cards/the-magnetic-stripe/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Magnetic Stripes</a>  </strong>also see history on<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_stripe_card" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong> Wikipedia</strong></a></p>
<hr />
<p>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Illinois" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><b>Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company</b></a> was at one time the seventh-largest commercial bank in the United States. In 1984, Continental Illinois became one of the largest ever bank failures in U.S. history.<br />
For a general history of Credit cards in USA please see the article<br />
<strong><a class="button primary-button" href="https://phonecardmuseum.com/articles/banking-cards/the-credit-card/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Credit Card</a></strong></p>
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		<title>USA-BANK-CRED-03131-TAC</title>
		<link>https://phonecardmuseum.com/museum-collection/bank-cards/credit-cards/usa-regional/midwest-usa/usa-bank-cred-03131-tac/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ezzacards]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2016 18:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Master Charge
Continental Bank Blue Rev.
Town and Country "Club" Charge
Credit card EXP. 1978 Mag 1a]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Master Charge<br />
Continental Bank Blue Rev.<br />
Town and Country &#8220;Club&#8221; Charge<br />
Credit card EXP. 1978 Mag 1a</p>
<p>Illinois Bank Charge (issued by Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust company) first 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. Cards continued to be issued under the new card group TOWN and COUNTRY CHARGE, &#8221; a division of Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust company of Chicago&#8221;.It became part of the Interbank group in 1969, issuing Master Charge cards from the early 1970&#8217;s<br />
Magnetic stripe coding was added from around 1975.<br />
<strong><a class="button primary-button" href="https://phonecardmuseum.com/articles/banking-cards/the-magnetic-stripe/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Magnetic Stripes</a>  </strong>also see history on<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_stripe_card" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong> Wikipedia</strong></a></p>
<hr />
<p>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Illinois" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><b>Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company</b></a> was at one time the seventh-largest commercial bank in the United States. In 1984, Continental Illinois became one of the largest ever bank failures in U.S. history.<br />
For a general history of Credit cards in USA please see the article<br />
<strong><a class="button primary-button" href="https://phonecardmuseum.com/articles/banking-cards/the-credit-card/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Credit Card</a></strong></p>
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		<title>USA-BANK-CRED-03138-TAC</title>
		<link>https://phonecardmuseum.com/museum-collection/bank-cards/credit-cards/usa-regional/midwest-usa/usa-bank-cred-03138-tac/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ezzacards]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2016 18:42:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Master Charge
Continental Bank
Town and Country Charge
Credit card EXP. 1980 Mag 1b]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Master Charge<br />
Continental Bank<br />
Town and Country Charge<br />
Credit card EXP. 1980 Mag 1b</p>
<p>Illinois Bank Charge (issued by Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust company) first 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. Cards continued to be issued under the new card group TOWN and COUNTRY CHARGE, &#8221; a division of Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust company of Chicago&#8221;.It became part of the Interbank group in 1969, issuing Master Charge cards from the early 1970&#8217;s<br />
Magnetic stripe coding was added from around 1975.<br />
<strong><a class="button primary-button" href="https://phonecardmuseum.com/articles/banking-cards/the-magnetic-stripe/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Magnetic Stripes</a>  </strong>also see history on<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_stripe_card" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong> Wikipedia</strong></a></p>
<hr />
<p>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Illinois" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><b>Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company</b></a> was at one time the seventh-largest commercial bank in the United States. In 1984, Continental Illinois became one of the largest ever bank failures in U.S. history.<br />
For a general history of Credit cards in USA please see the article<br />
<strong><a class="button primary-button" href="https://phonecardmuseum.com/articles/banking-cards/the-credit-card/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Credit Card</a></strong></p>
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		<title>USA-BANK-CRED-03135-TAC</title>
		<link>https://phonecardmuseum.com/museum-collection/bank-cards/credit-cards/usa-regional/midwest-usa/usa-bank-cred-03135-tac/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ezzacards]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2016 18:35:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Master Charge
Continental Bank (T&#38;C)
Town and Country "Club" Charge
Credit card EXP. 1978 Mag 1b]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Master Charge<br />
Continental Bank (T&amp;C)<br />
Town and Country &#8220;Club&#8221; Charge<br />
Credit card EXP. 1978 Mag 1b</p>
<p>Illinois Bank Charge (issued by Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust company) first 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. Cards continued to be issued under the new card group TOWN and COUNTRY CHARGE, &#8221; a division of Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust company of Chicago&#8221;.It became part of the Interbank group in 1969, issuing Master Charge cards from the early 1970&#8217;s<br />
Magnetic stripe coding was added from around 1975.<br />
<strong><a class="button primary-button" href="https://phonecardmuseum.com/articles/banking-cards/the-magnetic-stripe/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Magnetic Stripes</a>  </strong>also see history on<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_stripe_card" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong> Wikipedia</strong></a></p>
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<p>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Illinois" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><b>Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company</b></a> was at one time the seventh-largest commercial bank in the United States. In 1984, Continental Illinois became one of the largest ever bank failures in U.S. history.<br />
For a general history of Credit cards in USA please see the article<br />
<strong><a class="button primary-button" href="https://phonecardmuseum.com/articles/banking-cards/the-credit-card/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Credit Card</a></strong></p>
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