David L. Stearns's 2007 academic history of the creation of the BankAmericard and its evolution into Visa — covering the technology, governance, and organizational innovations that built the world's largest payment network.
Provides the most rigorous technical and organizational history of how Visa was built — the authorization technology, the clearing infrastructure, and the governance innovations — making it the definitive reference for understanding payment network construction.
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