No cash and credit?! How Bank Pekao revolutionized payments in Poland 30 years ago

When Bank Pekao S.A. introduced the first credit card in Poland in 1995, it opened a new chapter in the history of national finance. For us, it was a novelty, an almost futuristic vision, and for sellers - a challenge, because instead of cash they had to learn how to use "irons", mechanical devices for printing data from cards on paper. However, Pekao did not look back on these difficulties and had the courage to be the first. And it was this co…