Barclays Bank - Announcements, Interviews & News Stories

Digital River World Payments selects Barclaycard for acquiring services

Barclaycard, one of Europe's leading payments businesses, announces today that it signed a new partnership agreement to provide full card acquiring services for Digital River World Payments.

29 October 2013

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Corethree adds Barclays Pingit mobile check out to transport ticketing app

Corethree has formed a strategic partnership with Barclays for the inclusion of Barclays Pingit 'mobile check-out' in Corethree's award-winning mobile wallet for transport ticketing.

23 September 2013

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Barclaycard embarks on hiring spree for Maine call centre

Barclaycard, the credit card business of Barclays in the United States, will expand its customer contact facility in Wilton, Maine to support its growing U.S. operations.

28 August 2013

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Barclaycard launches flexible instant credit service for Internet retailers

'bFlex', a flexible online finance product allowing consumers to take out instant finance for internet purchases has today been launched by the Barclays Partner Finance arm of Barclaycard.

02 August 2013

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Barclaycard partners Sysnet to provide merchant PCI compliance validation services

Barclaycard, a leading global payments business, announces that it has partnered with Sysnet Global Solutions, a leading provider of payment card industry compliance services specialising in PCI DSS compliance validation and merchant intelligence solutions, to provide PCI DSS compliance validation services to its UK based merchant customers.

30 July 2013

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Barclaycard tags contactless wristband for Hyde Park concert-goers

Barclaycard PayBand, an innovative contactless payment wristband, has been made available to attendees at this July's Barclaycard presents British Summer Time Hyde Park event.

24 June 2013

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Shell stations in Germany to go contactless with Visa

From Spring 2014 Shell will introduce contactless and mobile payments with Visa at all Shell petrol stations in Germany.

19 June 2013

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Barclaycard and Diners Club forge alliance

Barclaycard Global Payment Acceptance and Diners Club International, a business unit of Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS), today announced a new joint agreement to allow the acceptance of Discover and Diners Club cards by merchants using Barclaycard's payment acquiring services.

06 June 2013

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Absa Bank launches multi-currency card for prepaid travel

Representing the future of travel prepaid cards, Absa Bank, a subsidiary of Barclays has launched a Multi-Currency Cash Passport - South Africa's first reloadable prepaid travel Multi-Currency Card.

17 May 2013

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Barclaycard Germany signs multi-year card contract with Gemalto

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, announces that it will provide the swift and seamless migration of Barclaycard Germany's entire portfolio representing more than 40 credit and in addition three debit products.

29 April 2013

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Barclaycard launches 'TV' service to show off online services

Barclaycard has introduced a new component to its website that will host accessible and informative videos illustrating how different individuals use specific online mybarclaycard services to make their lives easier.

23 April 2013

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Barclaycard and Amex ink UK card issuing agreement

Barclaycard and American Express have announced that they have agreed to expand the scope of their current global relationships with Barclaycard becoming an American Express card issuing partner in the UK.

30 January 2013

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