Barclaycard Freedom partners with Vouchercloud
10 Aug 2011 11:43 GMT
Barclaycard has today teamed up with the UK’s leading mobile phone voucher service; vouchercloud to help its cardholders access Barclaycard Freedom rewards. Users will now be able to utilise vouchercloud’s GPS functionality on their mobile to search for participating nearby retailers. The new partnership will support Barclaycard’s existing direct marketing, email and web communications.
From today, special offers from Barclaycard Freedom’s participating retailers, including Shell, PizzaExpress and Goldsmiths, can be found on the vouchercloud app and website – www.vouchercloud.com
Partnering with vouchercloud will make it easier for all eligible Barclaycard Freedom customers to benefit more from the rewards Freedom offers. They can be search for offers by location and distance, making it quick and easy for cardholders to locate their nearest Freedom participating retailer. Last year Barclaycard Freedom customers benefited from over 350 special offers in addition to the standard 1% earn on all eligible purchases.
Richard Wergan at Barclaycard comments: “Consumers are today using their mobile phones more than ever to search for offers and deals to help them save money. Since the launch of Barclaycard Freedom 18 months ago, we have significantly grown the range of retailers and offers available to our cardholders and today’s announcement make it easier than ever to access our latest offers.”
Greg Le Tocq from vouchercloud continues: “With the summer holiday season in full swing, more and more people are using vouchercloud to find ways to save money on their summer essentials. We are delighted to have partnered with Barclaycard Freedom to offer shoppers a wealth of new offers from some of the UK’s leading retailers.”
Available now, iPhone and Android users can download the vouchercloud app via their phones. Barclaycard customers can also visit www.vouchercloud.com for the latest offers.
Barclaycard, part of Barclays Retail and Business Banking, is a leading global payment business which helps consumers, retailers and businesses to make and accept payments flexibly, and to access short-term credit when needed.
The company is one of the pioneers of new forms of payments and is at the forefront of developing viable contactless and mobile payment schemes for today and cutting edge forms of payment for the future. It also issues credit and charge cards to corporate customers and the UK Government. Barclaycard partners with a wide range of organisations across the globe to offer their customers or members payment options and credit.
In addition to the UK, Barclaycard operates in the United States, Europe and Africa.
Key facts published in February 2012;
- number of customers: 23.5m
- number of retailer/merchant relationships: 87,000
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