LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM — (Marketwired) — 05/29/13 — As the popularity of contactless technology continues to rise, the page has published a series of infographics illustrating how contactless payments have seen an increase in frequency, value, and availability across the UK.In the first image of the series, a map of the UK shows how the number of contactless payments has increased fivefold by going from 710,000 transactions in December 2011 to 3.8 million in December 2012. Alongside this gr
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM — (Marketwired) — 05/01/13 — Following a poll on the Barclaycard Facebook page, fans have been presented with the opportunity to win GBP 500 worth of supermarket shopping. The winner will have the opportunity to spend their prize in a range of leading UK supermarkets, including Tesco, Sainsbury-s and Asda.The prize draw is open for a two-week period, having launched on April 22nd 2013 and due to close on 5th May 2013. To be in with a chance of winning, entrants need to
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM — (Marketwired) — 04/02/13 — April Fools- Day is always a great opportunity for brands to highlight their imagination and sense of humour, and this year has been no exception. Fully embracing this creative challenge, Barclaycard took its innovative technology one step further by announcing a new product concept for dogs called Barclaycard PayWag.On Monday, the fictitious device was introduced on the feed and the brand-s Facebook page as the world-s first contactless
