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Smartphones to make cash and card redundant by 2020 - report

Contactless payment in shop
Smartphones with ‘paytags' will make both cash and credit cards redundant by 2020, according to a survey of 1,200 technology experts
20 Apr 2012

IT in retail 3: How to cash in on contactless payment

Contactless payment in shop
Contactless payment technology must be integrated with a wider mobile commerce strategy if it is to deliver a healthy return on investment
21 Sep 2011

Barclays standardises on Infoblox

The front of a Barclays bank
Barclays Capital has rolled out a new IP address management platform
20 Jul 2011

Barclaycard and Orange partner on mobile payments

Quick Tap service will allow customers to make purchases of £15 or less by tapping their mobile handset against a contactless reader
20 May 2011

M6 Toll to trial contactless payments

The technology will be trialled in August and rolled out to all booths in the first quarter of 2012
17 May 2011

Prepare for phone payments now, report urges

Near-field chips ready to replace the credit card, say researchers
27 Jan 2011

Tech Talk Video Special

Tech Talk is back with a video special. We run through the week's top IT stories, then discuss the data tsunami with Mark Heraghty, MD of Virgin Media Business
14 Oct 2010

Barclays admits system crash could happen again

Crash affected online, telephone banking and ATMs on Saturday
24 Aug 2010

Barclaycard trials cloud-based e-invoicing

Barclaycard has partnered with KashFlow to pilot an electronic invoicing scheme
02 Aug 2010

Barclaycard to launch cross-country payment system

New system will offer secure online payments for merchants across the EU
01 Jul 2010

Barclaycard launches loyalty scheme

Technology allows customers to accumulate 'reward money' and redeem it at the point of sale
17 Mar 2010

Barclays issues contactless cards for business clients

Move is part of bank's drive to have all customers using the "touch-and-go" technology
11 Mar 2010

Caffè Nero introduces contactless payments

Coffee shop chain is the latest to adopt touch-and-go payment technology
10 Dec 2009

Barclaycard launches account management facility

Service aims to make it easier to monitor and manage accounts
01 Sep 2009

Retailer Poundland to trial contactless payments

Two London stores to test technology for payments below £10
11 Aug 2009

Barclays relaunches online banking web site

New design aims to simplify use and increase fraud protection
29 Jul 2009

Are contactless payments set to go mainstream?

Visa says contactless payment cards will soon conquer the coffee shop, before taking over the rest of the high street
16 Jul 2009

Barclaycard starts IT work for new rewards scheme

Some 200 staff to support launch of new retail reward programme
15 Jun 2009

One-time code card aims to combine security and convenience

Credit card giants hope new card will help to stem the tide of online fraud and identity theft
14 May 2009

Barclaycard to support mobile phone payments

Deal with Orange to enable ticketing, transport and rewards services
09 Mar 2009

Barclays rolls out contactless payment for debit cards

Three million customers to receive cards embedded with the new technology by year end
03 Mar 2009

Mobile transactions set to skyrocket

Payments via the mobile phones will exceed £600bn by 2013, says research
27 Feb 2009

Coffee Republic rolls out contactless loyalty card

Retailer boosts "touch-and-go" capability and goes beyond payments
09 Dec 2008

Pret A Manger goes for contactless cards

Partnership with Barclaycard will speed up purchases of £10 and under
27 Nov 2008