WORLDKINGS - On This Day - August 05, 2022 - World's 1st traveler's cheques issued by American Express in 1891

02-08-2022

(Worldkings.org) Travelers cheques (TCs) date back to the end of the 19th century, with American Express and Thomas Cook as the first issuers. Thomas Cook had issued a precursor to the TC, Cook's Circular Note, in 1874 in New York. But the world's first traveler's cheque was issued by American Express in 1891.