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Prepaid Card Papers Italy with Plastic.
- Source :
- BusinessWeek Online; 6/22/2006, p18-18, 1p
- Publication Year :
- 2006
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Abstract
- The article provides information on Postepay card, a prepaid, rechargeable Visa or MasterCard that is becoming the credit card surrogate of choice for Italians without plastic, credit ratings or even bank accounts, developed by Poste Italiane CEO Massimo Sarmi. Sarmi was part of the team that invented the rechargeable prepaid SIM card that let customers buy wireless calls in advance. In light of the success of the SIM card, Sarmi created Postepay, which has become a cornerstone of Italian e-commerce.
- Subjects :
- CREDIT cards
CREDIT ratings
WIRELESS communications
ELECTRONIC commerce
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2162657X
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- BusinessWeek Online
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 21420602