The First National City Charge Service, marketed as The Everything Card, was an early
credit card introduced by
First National City Bank (now Citibank) in the eastern
United States
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in 1967. It was intended as a response to the BankAmericard (today's Visa card), issued by
BankAmerica
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. Issued under the initiative of National City Bank President
Walter B. Wriston, the card followed the bank's purchase of an interest in the
Carte Blanche charge card.
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The card proved to be limited by its regional scope, as it was tied to the area surrounding the bank's
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base of operations. In 1969, the card was absorbed into Master Charge (now known as MasterCard), another card that had been developed by a
membership association of four banks, the Interbank Card Association, which National City Bank joined.
Citibank, as First National City Bank came to be known in 1976, made a further attempt in 1977 to create a proprietary credit card that was not tied to either Master Charge or Visa. The
Choice card was, like the Everything Card, a regional credit card issued only by Citibank. It also proved unsuccessful, and its cards were reissued as Visa cards in 1987.
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Credit cards in the United States
1967 establishments in the United States
Financial services companies established in 1967
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