Tag: merchants

  • VisaNet Connects Two And A Half Billion Credit Cards

    VisaNet Connects Two And A Half Billion Credit Cards

    One of the many ways the Internet is driving the global economy is through digital payments, making it easy for consumers to buy just about anything from anywhere. VisaNet is the largest payment processing network in the world, connecting 2.4 billion credit cards at 36 million locations across 200 countries. Those are just a few…

  • Interesting Book On Trade And Civilization Prehistory To Early Modern Era

    Interesting Book On Trade And Civilization Prehistory To Early Modern Era

    This book provides the first global analysis of the relationship between trade and civilization from the beginning of civilization around 3000 BC including the Silk Road, the Indian Ocean trade, Near Eastern family traders of the Bronze Age, and the Medieval Hanseatic League, it examines the role of the individual merchant, the products of trade,…