Diners Club

First charge card

Diners Club is a credit card company, the first to issue a general-purpose charge card for use at multiple establishments.

Founded in 1950, it pioneered the concept of paying with a card rather than cash at restaurants and hotels.

The name became synonymous with early charge cards: Do they take Diners Club?

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payment · merchant · travel · frequent flyer · expense · expense report · account · membership · exclusive · restaurant · jet-set · 1950s · plastic · swipe · billing · annual fee · lounge · prestige

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Opposites
payment method type

Diners Clubcash

Ready spending funds

barter · Visa · Mastercard · banknotes · coins

historical significance in payments

Diners ClubApple Pay

Smartphone payment system

cryptocurrency · Bitcoin · Venmo · PayPal · mobile payments

credit card era/generation

Diners ClubApple Pay

Smartphone payment system

Google Pay · Venmo · PayPal · Stripe · cryptocurrency wallet

Family

diner, diners, club, clubs, dine, dines, dined, dining, dinner

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G