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RSS barclaycardPlastic's fantastic, despite economy being drastic
News Debit card payments appear to be also eating further in to cash payments as consumers are being encouraged to make small payments with wave-and-pay cards, such as the Barclaycard OnePulse. Despite the continuing... [27 Oct 2008]
Scousers to go contactless on the buses
News Londoners are already able to use their credit cards to pay contactlessly for their transport, after Barclaycard launched its OnePulse card last year, which packs both credit card and Oyster card functionality. [21 Oct 2008]
Silent calls cost Barclaycard £50,000
News Barclaycard has been fined £50,000 by telecoms regulator Ofcom for making silent calls. An investigation by the regulator between 1 October 2006 to 10 May 2007 uncovered an above average amount of silent calls by... [29 Sep 2008]
Barclays contactless: More cards, more retailers
News Richard Mould, head of contactless card development at Barclaycard, told silicon.com: "We are 110 percent going to have over a million cards in place over the coming weeks and months. It does partly depend on other... [08 Sep 2008]
Five-year wait for O2 Oyster card mobiles
News While almost half (225) of the 500 testers also got the Barclaycard Visa payWave application preloaded with £200 which they could use to pay for low-value goods at selected retail outlets, O2 said the Oyster function... [02 Sep 2008]
Contactless payments speeds up coffee drinkers
News Coffee chain Coffee Republic is rolling out contactless payment technology after a trial of Barclaycard Business's OneTouch system saw up to one in five credit card transactions being waved through this way. [23 Jul 2008]
Business travellers demand more tech
News Just under half, 49 per cent, of the 3,000 jetsetters questioned by Barclaycard Business want airlines to provide wireless internet connections to allow them to maximise their time while flying. Denise Leleux, director... [02 Jun 2008]
Photos: The high-tech future of retail
Photo The Barclaycard Business stand featured this standalone payment kiosk. The latest innovations in tech for retailers were showcased at the Retail Business Show held at the Olympia in West London earlier this month. [15 Feb 2008]
Photos: NFC tech takes to the catwalk
Photo The pilot is an extension of NFC trials being undertaken by O2 UK, which has seen the company working with partners like Transport for London and Barclaycard on using NFC handsets to pay for goods and as travel tickets. [11 Feb 2008]
Photos: Accenture waves goodbye to the wallet
Photo And pilots of non-phone NFC payment systems have already been launched in Europe, such as Barclaycard's OnePulse scheme, which uses a single card for Barclaycard and Oyster card payments. The SMS is on... [31 Jan 2008]
O2 Tube trial takes mobile payments underground
News A smaller number - 225 - also have access to a Barclaycard Visa application preloaded with £200, which they can use to pay for low-value goods at selected retail outlets. O2's partners for the trial include AEG,... [28 Nov 2007]
Is cash costing you three days per year?
News Barclaycard combined this with the Oyster public transport swipe card in a product called OnePulse in September. London commuters are wasting precious time by using cash when faster alternatives are available, it has... [29 Oct 2007]
Visa to kick off contactless cards this autumn
News September will see the commercial rollout of the new Barclaycard Visa credit card, developed with Transport for London and Transys and featuring contactless payWave technology combined on the same card with the Oyster... [04 May 2007]
Indian offshore call centres 'not doomed'
News While last week Lloyds TSB became the latest company to decide to reduce its use of Indian call centres, earlier this week Barclaycard announced it is moving more work to Mumbai and Datamonitor contact centre outsourcing... [08 Mar 2007]
Barclaycard closes call centre, offshores to India
News Barclaycard will move some of its operations to India following the announcement it is to close its Manchester call centre this summer. A Barclaycard spokesman said the move is to "ensure that the... [07 Mar 2007]
