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Q: History of the Installment Loan ( No Answer,   2 Comments )
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Subject: History of the Installment Loan
Category: Business and Money
Asked by: tstats-ga
List Price: $2.50
Posted: 19 Mar 2005 12:30 PST
Expires: 18 Apr 2005 13:30 PDT
Question ID: 497272
Who invented the installment loan more specifically the car payment.
All i would like to know is the inventor's name and then i can
research the rest my self.
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Subject: Re: History of the Installment Loan
From: neilzero-ga on 25 Mar 2005 06:10 PST
 
Instalment loans likely were invented long before the automobile,
perhaps before the wheel. Likely the first instalment loan applied to
a car caught little attention as simular items had been sold that way
for thousands of years.   Neil
Subject: Re: History of the Installment Loan
From: markj-ga on 25 Mar 2005 07:08 PST
 
It is commonly believed that Ford's invention of mass production
techniques for the manufacture of automobiles created a new and large
market for consumer credit that led to the "invention" of finance
companies specializing in auto loans:


http://www.creditwebdeals.com/credit-education-history.htm

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