# How we got hooked on credit cards | from TED Talks Daily

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Podcast: [TED Business](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ted-business-388139)
Published: 2025-12-29T05:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Today, credit cards are a $500 billion-a-year industry. Banks consider these lines of credit when deciding whether or not to approve loans, incentivizing customers to maintain multiple credit cards. So, how did this lending system originate? And how did they get to be so popular? Nidhi Upadhyaya digs into the history of credit cards in the United States. [Directed by Jeff Le Bars, JetPropulsion.space, narrated by Bethany Cutmore-Scott, music by Salil Bhayani, cAMP Studio]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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