959 results about this entity
Period: 23 Mar 2006 - 12 Aug 2024
News
Plastic cards could be set to go the way of cheques and become virtually obsolete as customers take up mobile and biometric systems to pay for purchases, according to Barclaycard which is ramping up its investment in contactless payment technology.
09 September 2008
A pilot scheme that allows Londoners to use their mobile phones to pay for tube journeys and make small value purchases has been hailed as a success, with the majority of participants saying they are happy using the contactless system.
02 September 2008
Around 500 UK back office staff are facing redundancy following a decision by Barclays not to renew a business process outsourcing (BPO) contract with Siemens.
05 August 2008
UK bank Barclays is cutting salaries for IT contractors working across its operations by around 10%.
29 July 2008
Barclays has been accused of "playing games" with staff after it told workers at its processing plant in Poole, Dorset, that plans to move to a new site have been axed, raising fears over job losses.
17 July 2008
Barclays will cut around 1800 technology jobs in the UK over the next couple of years as it looks to offshore the work to "centres of excellence" around the world.
15 July 2008
Barclays is extending the use of Gemalto handheld chip and PIN devices, letting online customers use the readers to authenticate large value transactions and international payments, after reporting zero fraud among the first million users.
09 July 2008
UK high street bank Barclays is teaming with anti-virus vendor Kaspersky to offer free online security software to its two million Internet banking customers.
01 July 2008
Criminals have hacked the Web site of UK retailer Cotton Traders and stolen the credit card details and addresses of thousands of customers.
10 June 2008
The UK's faster payments service, designed to provide customers with near real-time transfer of phone, Internet and standing order payment instructions - has finally gone live.
27 May 2008
The UK's Barclays Bank has licensed encryption technology from California-based PGP Corporation which it will use to safeguard sensitive information across its global retail and commercial banking operations.
22 May 2008
Barclaycard is set to axe almost 1000 jobs at its recently acquired credit card business Goldfish with the closure of a Scottish call centre and the unit's London headquarters.
08 May 2008
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