Shopping without cash in 1966

Issue 281 | 3 March 2022

In this edition of Payments:Unpacked Payments Past we feature a “strange first” in British bank advertising history.

Here’s how the Martins Bank Archive describes the advert for Barclaycard which helps you buy “almost anything”:

This advert represents a strange "first" in British bank advertising history - although desperate to express their individuality…