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- ↑ "Tankstations Esso krijgen Beanet betaalsysteem". De Volkskrant . March 21, 1990.
- ↑ "Beanet breekt oppositie tegen elektronisch betalen". NRC Handelsblad .
- ↑ "Van Rooy wil af van monopolie Beanet". Trouw .
- ↑ "Fusie tussen BGC, BeaNet en Eurocard". NRC (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-08-03.
- ↑ Trouw, 4 February 1993: Giirale, Eurocard en Beanet gaan samenwerken
