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Ben Gilbert: commitment

27 Nov 2023 Acquired Visa

“To illustrate, we will link this in the show notes, but there is an old TV segment from 1993, not that old, pretty recent.”

— Ben Gilbert

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Speaker
Ben Gilbert
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Verified speaker
Claim type
commitment
Recorded
27 Nov 2023
Publisher
Acquired
Episode
Visa

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…Now, they wanted to use them in specific use cases. Like Ben, you pointed out, when you want to make a credit purchase, when you want to essentially do what installment financing was before. When you have any number of XYZ other set of factors in the case of Diners Club and Amex, when you want to impress your colleagues and your business partners, there were use cases. But it wasn't like it is today, where obviously you're going to use your credit card, which is probably a Visa and maybe a MasterCard to pay for everything that you do everywhere instantly. To illustrate, we will link this in the show notes, but there is an old TV segment from 1993, not that old, pretty recent. Ben, I have really sad news, 1993 was 30 years ago. We remember it.…

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