Historydraft Logo
null

Visa Inc. - Test at first went smoothly, but then BofA panicked when it confirmed rumors that another bank was about to initiate its own drop

Time: 1958

Place: San Francisco, California, U.S.

Details: The 1958 test at first went smoothly, but then BofA panicked when it confirmed rumors that another bank was about to initiate its own drop in San Francisco, BofA's home market.

Related

Near

Elon Musk
Elon Musk-OpenAI
Dec, 2015 - San Francisco, California, United States
Chris Gardner Sep 2011
Christopher Paul Gardner-Marriage
Saturday Jun 18, 1977 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
Elon Musk
Elon Musk-Neuralink
Jul, 2016 - San Francisco, California, United States
X-ray
X-ray-Elizabeth Fleischman death
Thursday Aug 3, 1905 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi-Moved to San Francisco
1969 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
Chris Gardner Sep 2011
Christopher Paul Gardner-Entering the world of finance
1980s - San Francisco, California, U.S.
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi-San Francisco Democratic National Convention Host Committee chairwoman
1984 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
Photograph taken showing the body of Will Brown after being burned by a white lynch mob - Red Summer
Red Summer-Small disturbance in San Francisco
Monday Jun 30, 1919 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
Java
Java (programming language)-Overturned
Mar, 2018 - California, U.S.
Chris Gardner Sep 2011
Christopher Paul Gardner-Unemployment breakthrough
1982 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
Chris Gardner Sep 2011
Christopher Paul Gardner-Fatherhood
1982 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
Chris Gardner Sep 2011
Christopher Paul Gardner-Fake Break
1980s - San Francisco, California, U.S.
The Bank of America Corporate Center, headquarters of Bank of America in Charlotte
Bank of America-"Bank of America, Los Angeles" was acquired by Bank of Italy of San Francisco
1928 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
The Bank of America Corporate Center, headquarters of Bank of America in Charlotte
Bank of America-Bank of Italy "San Francisco"
Monday Oct 17, 1904 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
Chris Gardner Sep 2011
Christopher Paul Gardner-Christopher Jarrett Medina Gardner's Birth
Wednesday Jan 28, 1981 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
Chris Gardner Sep 2011
Christopher Paul Gardner-Career Shifting Decision
1980s - San Francisco, California, U.S.
Chris Gardner Sep 2011
Christopher Paul Gardner-Second Child
1985 - San Francisco, U.S.
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi-Phillip Burton died
Sunday Apr 10, 1983 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
Shaquille O'Neal
Shaquille O'Neal-O'Neal invested in technology startup Loyale3 Holdings Inc.
Jun, 2015 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
Chris Gardner and his Son
Christopher Jarrett Medina Gardner-Father was recruited by Bear Stearns & Company in San Francisco
1982 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
Bitcoin
Bitcoin-Kraken experienced an 83% increase
Mar, 2020 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
Chris Gardner Sep 2011
Christopher Paul Gardner-Always moving
1980s - San Francisco, California, U.S.
Uber logo
Uber-Uber goes live for the first time in San Francisco
May, 2010 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
Chris Gardner and his Son
Christopher Jarrett Medina Gardner-Gardner resumed contact with Jackie and had a second child
1985 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
Uber logo
Uber-Uber was originally founded as Ubercab
Mar, 2009 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
null
Jacintha Darlene Gardner-Jacintha Darlene's Brother
Wednesday Jan 28, 1981 - U.S.
Chris Gardner Sep 2011
Christopher Paul Gardner-Life falls apart
1980s - San Francisco, California, U.S.
Chris Gardner and his Son
Christopher Jarrett Medina Gardner-Birth
Wednesday Jan 28, 1981 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
Oculus Rift
Virtual reality-Linden Lab
1999 - San Francisco, California, United States
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi-Pelosi won the special election
Jun, 1987 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
United Nations
United Nations-United Nations Conference on International Organization
Wednesday Apr 25, 1945 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
Linux logo Tux Image
Linux-Adoption of Linux in production
1990s - San Francisco, California, U.S.
W. E. B. Du Bois
W. E. B. Du Bois-United Nations Conference on International Organization
Wednesday Apr 25, 1945 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
Juneteenth Flag
Juneteenth-Juneteenth was introduced in San Francisco
1945 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi-Democratic National Committee
1976 - California, U.S.
Chris Gardner Sep 2011
Christopher Paul Gardner-Homelessness
1982 - San Francisco, U.S.
Uber logo
Uber-Lyft launches in San Francisco
Jun, 2012 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
Chris Gardner Sep 2011
Christopher Paul Gardner-Divorce and PreFatherhood
1986 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
H1N1 navbox Image
Spanish Flu-San Francisco's New Year
Sunday Jan 5, 1919 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
Elizabeth Holmes
Elizabeth Holmes-U.S. Attorney's Office investigated Holmes
Friday Jun 15, 2018 - San Francisco, California, United States
YouTube
YouTube-Hurley and Chen developed the idea for YouTube
2005 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
Daniel Craig - Film Premiere "Spectre" - James Bond
James Bond-A View to a Kill premiere
Wednesday May 22, 1985 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
Linux logo Tux Image
Linux-Linux's greatest success
Sep, 2008 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
John Hoppner Birth
John Hoppner Birth
Tuesday Apr 4, 1758 - Whitechapel
Chris Gardner and his Son
Christopher Jarrett Medina Gardner-Year of Struggle
1981 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
Oculus
Oculus-Oculus Rift S
Wednesday Mar 20, 2019 - California, U.S.
Reddit
Reddit-What is reddit programming language?
Dec, 2005 - San Francisco, California, United States
Reddit
Reddit-Ohanian resigned from the board
Friday Jun 5, 2020 - San Francisco, California, United States
Reddit
Reddit-The company launched a major redesign of its website
Apr, 2018 - San Francisco, California, United States
Reddit
Reddit-Reddit Gold was renamed Reddit Premium
2018 - San Francisco, California, United States
Reddit
Reddit-Reddit launches Upvoted
Sep, 2015 - San Francisco, California, United States
Reddit
Reddit-Reddit is valued at more than $10 billion dollars
Aug, 2021 - San Francisco, California, United States
Reddit
Reddit-Reddit announced was no longer open source
Wednesday Sep 13, 2017 - San Francisco, California, United States
Reddit
Reddit-Reddit acquires Dubsmash
Sunday Dec 13, 2020 - San Francisco, California, United States
Reddit
Reddit-Alexis Ohanian resigned
Friday Jun 5, 2020 - San Francisco, California, United States
Reddit
Reddit-Huffman launched Reddit's iOS and Android apps
Apr, 2018 - San Francisco, California, United States
Reddit
Reddit-Reddit announces the roll out of a new design
Apr, 2018 - San Francisco, California, United States
Reddit
Reddit-Reddit launched its redesigned website
2018 - San Francisco, California, United States
Reddit
Reddit-Reddit's in-house video uploading service
2017 - San Francisco, California, United States
Reddit
Reddit-Reddit launches a new blocking tool
Apr, 2016 - San Francisco, California, United States
Reddit
Reddit-Slowe rejoined Reddit
2017 - San Francisco, California, United States
Reddit
Reddit-Reddit became operationally independent of Condé Nast
Tuesday Sep 6, 2011 - San Francisco, California, United States
Reddit
Reddit-Reddit hired Shariq Rizvi
2019 - San Francisco, California, United States
Reddit
Reddit-Reddit began hosting images using a new image uploading tool
2016 - San Francisco, California, United States
Reddit
Reddit-Ellen Pao replaced Wong as interim CEO
2014 - San Francisco, California, United States
Reddit
Reddit-Huffman's return as the company's chief
Friday Jul 10, 2015 - San Francisco, California, United States
Reddit
Reddit-Ohanian and Huffman returned to leadership roles at Reddit
Nov, 2014 - San Francisco, California, United States
Reddit
Reddit-Reddit began accepting the digital currency Bitcoin
Feb, 2013 - San Francisco, California, United States
Reddit
Reddit-Reddit achieves 71.25 billion page views
2014 - San Francisco, California, United States
Reddit
Reddit-Reddit achieves 56 billion page views
2013 - San Francisco, California, United States
Reddit
Reddit-Reddit's largest round of funding came
2017 - San Francisco, California, United States
Reddit
Reddit-Yishan Wong resigns as Reddit CEO
Nov, 2014 - San Francisco, California, United States
Reddit
Reddit-Reddit was an open source project until 2017
2017 - San Francisco, California, United States
Reddit
Reddit-Reddit reached 1 billion page-views
2012 - San Francisco, California, United States
Reddit
Reddit-Pao resigned as CEO
Friday Jul 10, 2015 - San Francisco, California, United States
Reddit
Reddit-Reddit joined the Internet Defense League
Tuesday May 22, 2012 - San Francisco, California, United States
Reddit
Reddit-Huffman and Ohanian left Reddit
2009 - San Francisco, California, United States
Reddit
Reddit-Erik Martin joined the company as a community manager
2008 - San Francisco, California, United States
Reddit
Reddit-Reddit hires Marty Weiner
Tuesday Aug 18, 2015 - San Francisco, California, United States
Reddit
Reddit-Reddit launched two different ways of advertising
2009 - San Francisco, California, United States
Reddit
Reddit-Reddit released The Official App and the iOS App Store
2016 - San Francisco, California, United States
Reddit
Reddit-Reddit developed chat software
2017 - San Francisco, California, United States
Reddit
Reddit-Reddit released its first mobile web
2010 - San Francisco, California, United States
Reddit
Reddit-Swartz was fired
2007 - San Francisco, California, United States
Reddit
Reddit-Reddit reached 1 billion page-views
Feb, 2011 - San Francisco, California, United States
Reddit
Reddit-Reddit participated sitewide blackout
Wednesday Jan 18, 2012 - San Francisco, California, United States
Reddit
Reddit-Yishan Wong joined Reddit
2012 - San Francisco, California, United States
Reddit
Reddit-Reddit launched its Reddit Gold
Jul, 2010 - San Francisco, California, United States
Reddit
Reddit-Reddit becomes open-source
2008 - San Francisco, California, United States
Reddit
Reddit-Reddit used Pylons
Nov, 2009 - San Francisco, California, United States
Reddit
Reddit-Reddit was foundated
Thursday Jun 23, 2005 - San Francisco, California, United States
Reddit
Reddit-Reddit was sold
Tuesday Oct 31, 2006 - San Francisco, California, United States
Reddit
Reddit-Team moves to San Francisco
Oct, 2006 - San Francisco, California, United States
Reddit
Reddit-Swartz blogged complaining about the new corporate environment
Nov, 2006 - San Francisco, California, United States
Reddit
Reddit-Reddit achieves 37 billion page views
2012 - San Francisco, California, United States
Uber logo
Uber-Ryan Graves steps down as CEO in favor of Travis Kalanick
Dec, 2010 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
Uber logo
Uber-Uber acquired Postmates
Tuesday Dec 1, 2020 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
Reddit
Reddit-Reddit announced that it had appointed Drew Vollero
Friday Mar 5, 2021 - San Francisco, California, United States
Uber logo
Uber-From UberCab to Uber
2011 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
Bitcoin
Bitcoin-Wikimedia Foundation started accepting donations of bitcoin
Wednesday Jul 30, 2014 - San Francisco, California, U.S.

1958

Wordmark of Sony - image
Sony Corporation-Changing The Name To Sony
Jan, 1958 - Tokyo, Japan
Mao Zedong 1963 - image
Mao Zedong-The Great Leap Forward
Jan, 1958 - China
Logo of Ikea - image
IKEA-The First Möbel-IKÉA Store
1958 - Älmhult, Småland, Sweden
Akio Morita
Akio Morita-Renaming The Company
1958 - Tokyo, Japan
Anyanya Flag
First Sudanese Civil War-The Coup d'état of Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Abboud
1958 - Southern Sudan
Cyprus flag
Cypriot intercommunal violence-Signs of dissatisfaction with the British increased on both sides with Turkish Cypriots now forming Volkan
1958 - Cyprus
Algerian War Image
Algerian War-The French Army shifted its tactics
1958 - Algeria
Howard Hughes 1938 Image
Howard Hughes: The Aviator-Screening room incident
1958 - U.S.
Theodore Kaczynski
Ted Kaczynski-Kaczynski entered Harvard on a scholarship
1958 - Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Frank Sinatra 1957 - image
Frank Sinatra-Releasing The Album "Come Fly with Me"
Monday Jan 6, 1958 - U.S.
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle-North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
1958 - Paris, France
Malcolm X Image
Malcolm X-Marriage
Jan, 1958 - Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Cyprus flag
Cypriot intercommunal violence-Turkish Cypriot response to this plan was a series of anti-British demonstrations in Nicosia
Monday Jan 27, 1958 - Nicosia, Cyprus
Cyprus flag
Cypriot intercommunal violence-British soldiers opened fire against a crowd of Turkish Cypriot rioters
Monday Jan 27, 1958 - Cyprus
The Beatles Image
The Beatles-The Joining of George Harrison
Feb, 1958 - Liverpool, England
Che Guevara Image
Che Guevara-Radio Rebelde
Feb, 1958 - Cuba
Harald V Image
Harald V-The oath To the Constitution of Norway
Friday Feb 21, 1958 - Oslo, Norway
Raúl Castro Image
Raúl Castro-Commander in the Cuban Revolution
Thursday Feb 27, 1958 - Oriente Province, Cuba
Nelson Mandela Image
Nelson Mandela-1st Divorce
Mar, 1958 - South Africa
Che Guevara Image
Che Guevara-United States to stop selling arms to the Cuban government
Mar, 1958 - Cuba
null
Pope Francis-Society of Jesus
Tuesday Mar 11, 1958 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Townsend returned United Kingdom
Mar, 1958 - United Kingdom
Margaret Thatcher Image
Margaret Thatcher-Conservative safe seat
Apr, 1958 - Finchley, London, England
Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon-The Goodwill Tour of South America
Sunday Apr 27, 1958 - Montevideo, Uruguay
Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercury-The Hectics
1958 - Panchgani, Mumbai, India
Warren Buffett
Warren Buffett-Third Child
Sunday May 4, 1958 - Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
Algerian War Image
Algerian War-May 1958 crisis
Tuesday May 13, 1958 - France
Flag of Christmas Island
Christmas Island-The United Kingdom's Christmas Island Act Was Given Royal assent
Wednesday May 14, 1958 - Christmas Island
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle-Gaulle asserted again that he was at the disposal of the country
Monday May 19, 1958 - France
Map of conflict zones in Myanmar (Burma) - image
Conflict in Myanmar-Armed Resistance Movement
Tuesday May 20, 1958 - Shan State, Myanmar
Algerian War Image
Algerian War-French paratroopers from the Algerian corps landed on Corsica
Saturday May 24, 1958 - Corsica, France
Cyprus flag
Cypriot intercommunal violence-The British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan was expected to propose a plan to resolve the Cyprus issue
Jun, 1958 - Cyprus
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle became Prime Minister
Sunday Jun 1, 1958 - France
Algerian War Image
Algerian War-I have understood you
Wednesday Jun 4, 1958 - Algeria
Cyprus flag
Cypriot intercommunal violence-A bomb exploded at the entrance of the Turkish Embassy in Cyprus
Saturday Jun 7, 1958 - Cyprus
Borgo San Lorenzo monument to Fido
Fido (dog)-Fido died still waiting for his master
Monday Jun 9, 1958 - Borgo San Lorenzo, Tuscany, Italy
Cyprus flag
Cypriot intercommunal violence-The crisis reached a climax
Thursday Jun 12, 1958 - Cyprus
Nelson Mandela Image
Nelson Mandela-2nd Marriage
Saturday Jun 14, 1958 - Bizana, South Africa
Hungarian flag with the 1949–1956 communist emblem cut out
Hungarian Revolution of 1956-Nagy was Executed
Monday Jun 16, 1958 - Budapest, Hungary
W. E. B. Du Bois
W. E. B. Du Bois-Du Bois visited Russia and China
1958 - Russia and China
Borgo San Lorenzo monument to Fido
Fido (dog)-La Domenica del Corriere commemorated Fido with a poignant cover story
Sunday Jun 22, 1958 - Milan, Italy
Raúl Castro Image
Raúl Castro-Kidnapping 36 hostages
Thursday Jun 26, 1958 - The North Coast of Oriente Province, Cuba
Pelé Image
Pelé-1958 World Cup
Sunday Jun 29, 1958 - Stockholm, Sweden
A laser beam used for welding
Laser-Bell Labs filed a patent application for their proposed optical maser
1958 - U.S.
Pope John Paul II Image
Pope John Paul II-Youngest bishop in Poland
Friday Jul 4, 1958 - Lakes region of northern Poland, Poland
Daniel Craig - Film Premiere "Spectre" - James Bond
James Bond-Casino Royale comic book was published
1958 - London, England, United Kingdom
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower-Eisenhower sent 15,000 Marines and soldiers to Lebanon
Jul, 1958 - Lebanon
Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace-Queen abolished the presentation parties for débutantes
1958 - London, England, United Kingdom
Prince Charles Image
Prince Charles-The Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester
Saturday Jul 26, 1958 - Wales, UK
Portrait of Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander of the Apollo 11 - image
Neil Armstrong-The ARPA canceled its funding to "Man In Space Soonest"
Friday Aug 1, 1958 - Arlington, Virginia, U.S.
Algerian War Image
Algerian War-All Algerians including women were registered for the first time on electoral rolls to participate in a referendum to be held on the new constitution
Sep, 1958 - Algeria
Visa Inc. logo
Visa Inc.-Bank of America (BofA) launched its BankAmericard credit card program
Sep, 1958 - Fresno, California, U.S.
Nuclear power
Nuclear Power-USS Bainbridge
Monday Sep 1, 1958 - U.S.
A laser beam used for welding
Laser-Prokhorov independently proposed using an open resonator, the first published appearance (in the USSR) of this idea
1958 - U.S.S.R.
Flag of Christmas Island
Christmas Island-The Commonwealth Cabinet Decision 1573
Tuesday Sep 9, 1958 - Christmas Island
Old Computers - image
Computer-The First working integrated example
Friday Sep 12, 1958 - Texas, U.S.
Flag of Christmas Island
Christmas Island-The Island was Officially Placed Under The Authority of The Commonwealth of Australia
Wednesday Oct 1, 1958 - Christmas Island
Portrait of Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander of the Apollo 11 - image
Neil Armstrong-Neil became an Employee of NASA
Wednesday Oct 1, 1958 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Algerian War Image
Algerian War-De Gaulle visited Constantine
Oct, 1958 - Algeria
The Bank of America Corporate Center, headquarters of Bank of America in Charlotte
Bank of America-BankAmericard
1958 - U.S.
Daniel Craig - Film Premiere "Spectre" - James Bond
James Bond-Moonraker was adapted for broadcast on South African radio
1958 - South Africa
Juan Trippe
Juan Trippe-Pan Am's First Scheduled Jet Flight
Sunday Oct 26, 1958 - Paris, France
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower-Eisenhower created NASA as a civilian space agency
Wednesday Oct 29, 1958 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Portrait of Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander of the Apollo 11 - image
Neil Armstrong-Project "Mercury"
Wednesday Nov 5, 1958 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle-Charles De Gaulle and his supporters won a comfortable majority
Nov, 1958 - France
Xerox headquarters in Norwalk
Xerox-The Name
1958 - New York, U.S.
Sooronbay Jeenbekov
Sooronbay Jeenbekov-Born
Sunday Nov 16, 1958 - Biy-Myrza, Kirghiz SSR, Soviet Union (now Kyrgyzstan)
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Margaret met the photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones
1958 - United Kingdom
Raúl Castro Image
Raúl Castro-Capturing Maffo
Tuesday Dec 30, 1958 - Maffo, Contramaestre, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion Image
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Batista Resigned and Fled into Exile
Wednesday Dec 31, 1958 - Cuba
Fidel Castro Image
Fidel Castro-Batista's Escape
Wednesday Dec 31, 1958 - Cuba
Indira Gandhi Image
Indira Gandhi-The President of The Congress
1958 - New Delhi, India
<