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News Barclays has asked for a £25m blackmail case involving Barclaycard to be heard behind closed doors later this month, such are the bank's fears about information on the security of its computer systems leaking out. [19 Oct 2001]
Barclaycard swallows Shopsmart whole
News Barclaycard has bought out its partners and taken full control of ecommerce venture Shopsmart signalling more job cuts at the e-tail site. Barclaycard did not say how much it paid for the remaining share. [12 Oct 2001]
Barclaycard splashes £5m on credit cards
News Barclaycard has spent £5m on smart cards and chips to be fitted inside the company's 4.5 million credit cards. The deal allows smart card company ID Data to supply Barclaycard with its UKIS chip technology. [19 Sep 2001]
Will Barclaycard have the muscle to make online payments work?
News Barclaycard today announced a key contract to help it build a web-based payment system. Barclaycard will also find itself going head-to-head with Microsoft, which is planning to move into the online... [29 Aug 2001]
Barclaycard introduces ShopSmart.com
News Barclaycard has retained the ShopSmart brand name by integrating its own shopping portal IndigoSquare.com, with ShopSmart, the e-tailer it acquired in April for £1m. As a result, IndigoSquare will disappear as a separate... [01 Aug 2001]
John Lamb's Week: Carly, Cary and getting ebusiness right
Comment The principle factor differentiating the players, says Gomez, is the level of customer service. Both Egg and smile have relaunched their websites to improve usability. In comparison, the bricks and mortar services have been unable to... [08 Jun 2001]
B2B: Not so nimble after all
Comment Barclaycard's IndigoSquare really has brokered a nice little deal, picking up Shopsmart.com for a pittance. The company's CEO strutted like a proud peacock around Radio City Music Hall as umpteen customers sang his... [03 Apr 2001]
Barclays snaps up ShopSmart.com in bargain basement sale
News According to Nick Gault, head of communications at Barclaycard, there is no doubt that IndigoSquare is "getting a good deal". The etailers are likely to unite under the IndigoSquare brand, and hope they will combine to... [03 Apr 2001]
Morning Edition: Oftel warnings and mobile woes
News And finally, the FT reports that Barclays bank and Japanese investment giant Nomura are jointly launching a shopping portal through Barclaycard. While ecommerce minister Patricia Hewitt had predicted "widespread... [12 Oct 2000]
GUS diversifies its ebusiness offering
News Clients for the service already include Barclaycard and QVC. Great Universal Stores (GUS) has announced a flurry of activity in the ecommerce and ebusiness sectors to answer criticisms of a slow take-up of IT strategy. [18 May 2000]
Barclays unveils online payment scheme for SMEs
News James Davison, managing director of Barclaycard E-Commerce, acknowledged in a statement that "some businesses have faced difficulties getting approval from their bank to accept cards". Barclays Merchant Services (BMS)... [11 Apr 2000]
Egg card will be hard to crack
News Barclaycard, the UK's largest card issuer, felt it necessary to issue a response to the Egg Card launch, saying it does not "hold anyone liable for any transactions they neither authorised or participated in, and this... [20 Sep 1999]
NHS lures private sector IT advisors
News His four-strong board of directors will include Rosemary Horwood, IT director at Barclaycard, and Dr Lawrence Ijebor, MD of Procom Europe, which supplies businesses with IT and telco services. Three IT strategists have... [29 Apr 1999]
Barclaycard tests mobile cash service
News Barclaycard and Cellnet are to join forces to test the 'mobile phone cash machine'. In a year-long trial beginning on 1 April, 1,000 participants will be able to download electronic cash onto a... [22 Feb 1999]
Barclaycard cuts 1,100 jobs but increases IT spend
News Barclaycard is to axe 1,100 UK jobs over the next three years, but at the same time, it will make £30m worth of investments - most of which will be spent upgrading its IT infrastructure. However,... [22 Sep 1998]
