The Rise Of Contactless Credit Cards
December 10, 2009
Contactless credit cards allow the consumer to make purchases under £ 10.00 without even having to swipe or input a pin number, with customers only occasionally asked to input a pin for extra security measures. Read more
New Rewards Scheme To Be Launched By Barclaycard
August 10, 2009
The twelve million credit card customers of credit card giant Barclaycard could soon start enjoying the benefits of a newly launched rewards based scheme from the card provider. Barclaycard has announced that it is introducing a rewards based scheme that will allow its customers to enjoy discounts and benefits from thousands of retailers without having to go to the hassle of collecting points and vouchers. Read more
Visa to Launch the Green Credit Card
September 27, 2008
In Europe, Visa, have decided to launch a “Green” credit card which will allow businesses to offset the carbon emissions that have been created on products the card has been used to pay for. Read more
Barclaycards Planning to Change
September 20, 2008
Barclaycard are seeing a change in strategy with the decision to keep the Goldfish brand and by doing this six months after taking the business over when they were strong indications that the Goldfish brand would be scrapped. Read more
Barclaycards Takeover of Discover Financial Services
September 13, 2008
The recent announcement of Barclaycards £ 35 million takeover of Discover Financial Services UK portfolio of 11 credit cards, which include credit cards such as Goldfish, Morgan Stanley, Liverpool Victoria, Leeds Building Society to name but a few, will see a transfer of 1.7 million credit card holders being transfered into Barclaycards cutomer base. Read more