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News A Barclaycard spokesman said: "Barclaycard has tested [the system] and we were encouraged by the initial results and we're in a period of further testing. A new payments system aimed at reducing 'card... [15 Feb 2007]
Oyster and e-money credit cards coming to London
News Barclaycard, Transport for London (TfL) and Visa have teamed up to put contactless payments and Oyster card functionality together on the capital's plastic. The bank will do a live trial early next year with a view to... [13 Dec 2006]
Plastic fantastic - the future of credit cards
News Last week Barclaycard celebrated its 40th birthday as the UK's first credit card company. Today, Barclaycard is battling it out with hundreds of credit card companies in a UK market. Shortly before Bobby... [04 Jul 2006]
Barclays in £75m outsourcing extension with Xansa
News Barclays and Xansa formed the joint venture - with Barclays holding a 51 per cent stake in the operation - in 2002 to provide a broad range of technology and business change management services to the retail and commercial units of... [01 Jun 2006]
Business travel on the up for IT pros
News The averages work out at 2.4 days per week out of the office and 4.3 nights per month away from home, according to the 2005/6 Barclaycard Business Travel Survey. People working in IT are travelling more for business than... [06 Apr 2006]
Banks plan to share cardholder data
News Abbey, Barclaycard, the Co-operative Bank and Egg have said they will share cardholders' "behavioural" data in a move they claim will "help identify customers getting into financial difficulty". In a statement,... [02 Dec 2005]
Biometrics curing password headaches
News Barclaycard and Mitsubishi Securities are just two organisations which have recently revealed the move to biometric solutions such as fingerprint readers on computer keyboards. Gary Edwards, CIO at... [28 Sep 2005]
CIO Forum: Bank CIOs on the crime frontline
News Gary Edwards, CIO of Barclaycard IT, said his organisation is attacked every seven minutes. CIOs within the financial services sector have said they have to up their efforts in the war on cyber crime if they are to win... [27 Sep 2005]
Chip and PIN heads for cyberspace
News But some companies are already dipping their toes into the water - last year Barclaycard kicked off its own trial of the technology, issuing 5,000 customers with standalone card readers in a bid to reduce online fraud,... [27 Sep 2005]
How many Air Miles do techies rack up?
News Certainly, those tech sector workers who were surveyed by Barclaycard claim to have travelled less last year than they did in 2003. Surprising new research has claimed that IT workers actually travel less on business... [21 Apr 2005]
Banks agree to increase web security
News APACS said that Barclaycard and the high-profile bank Coutts has already issued some customers with identity devices. High Street banks are set to agree on a physical security device for all UK online customers to use. [14 Apr 2005]
ebookers holidaymakers: Do you have a Nectar card?
News Online travel agent ebookers has announced it is joining the Nectar card scheme - enabling its customers to take advantage of the UK's largest loyalty card programme.ebookers joins the likes of Barclaycard, Bottoms Up,... [08 Sep 2004]
Webphobic UK terrified of online shopping
News Visa, along with Barclaycard, started testing a portable credit card reader that is designed to work with the new chip and PIN credit and debit cards to help prevent fraud and reduce exposure to phishing attacks. [06 Jul 2004]
Barclaycard tech cracks down on fraud
News Barclaycard has issued 5,000 of its UK customers with credit and debit card readers designed to help cut fraud and reduce exposure to phishing attacks. This raises the bar significantly" for the fraudsters he... [06 Jul 2004]
India diary: Day ten - A classic offshoring facility
Comment Xansa has several high-profile customers serviced from India including Thames Water and Barclaycard. silicon.com reporter Andy McCue was on assignment in India from 14 to 23 April investigating offshoring efforts in... [30 Jun 2004]
