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Which company launched the Maestro debit-card brand in 1991?

Answer

Mastercard

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What does the acronym NFC mean in contactless bank-card payments?

Answer

Near-field communication

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What algorithm is commonly used to validate whether a payment-card number has a plausible check digit?

Answer

Luhn algorithm

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What is the name of Mastercard’s global ATM network, launched in 1982?

Answer

Cirrus

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Which company introduced the Discover Card in the United States in 1985?

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Sears

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Who founded Augsburg’s Fuggerei social housing complex in 1521?

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Jakob Fugger

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Which organization launched the first Small Business Saturday in the United States in 2010?

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American Express

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Which U.S. shopping center, opened in 1956 in Edina, Minnesota, is widely recognized as the first fully enclosed, climate-controlled mall?

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Southdale Center

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Which American ice-cream company opened its first shop in a renovated gas station in Burlington, Vermont, in 1978?

Answer

Ben & Jerry’s

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Which American supermarket chain began in 1980 when its first store opened in Austin, Texas?

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Whole Foods Market

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Which London shopping arcade, opened in 1819, is regarded as one of the world’s oldest surviving covered shopping arcades?

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Burlington Arcade

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Which city introduced the first local currency in the United Kingdom, the Totnes Pound, in 2007?

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Totnes

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