Coordinates: 56°50′02″N 60°35′52″E / 56.83399°N 60.59766°E / 56.83399; 60.59766 The monument to a credit card was opened on August 5, 2011 in Yekaterinburg, Russia.[1][2] The monument was erected on the corner of Bankovski alley and Malyshev street and is a bas-relief of a hand that holds a credit card. The size of the monument is about two metres high and one metre wide.

The creation of the monument was made under the initiative of the Vuz-Bank, which in 2011 celebrated the 20th anniversary of its founding. The idea was embodied by Yekaterinburg's sculptor Sergei Belyaev.[3][4] The name engraved on the monument is that of Edward Bellamy, the science fiction writer who in his novel "Looking Backward" in 1888 first proposed the idea of payment cards.

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1. ^ "В Екатеринбурге решили увековечить банковскую карту".
2. ^ "В Екатеринбурге открыли памятник банковской карте".
3. ^ "В Екатеринбурге появился памятник банковской карте | Екатеринбург, памятник банковской карте, скульптор Сергей Беляев | Город Екатеринбург-Today". Archived from the original on 2014-07-27. Retrieved 2013-01-10.
4. ^ "Памятник банковской карте установили в Екатеринбурге".