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Barclaycard helps its small business retail customers trade online securely

25 Apr 2012 09:23 GMT

Barclaycard and Powa Technologies have today announced that they have teamed up to launch a new service to help Barclaycard’s small business customers trade online in a secure and optimised way.

Barclaycard and Powa Technologies have today announced that they have teamed up to launch a new service to help Barclaycard’s small business customers trade online in a secure and optimised way. The new venture will provide business customers with an online presence, all the support they need to build or transfer an existing website and take secure payments online without incurring upfront set up costs.

When using the new service, Barclaycard’s small business customers will get:

  • Highly secure Card Payment Processing capability
  • Domain Name registration or Domain Name transfer
  • All the tools to create stunningly visual websites (including a Website wizard for businesses new to the web)
  • Website hosting
  • PCI DSS Level 1 compliant card payments facility
  • Search engine optimisation
  • Technical support

Edward Black, Head of e-Commerce at Barclaycard said :“Getting a business online can be daunting but with the market for online commerce growing at double digit rates, we feel this partnership with Powa will benefit our customers by enabling them to trade online quickly and effortlessly, opening up a valuable source of new revenue to their business.

Dan Wagner, CEO of Powa, said: “It is already obvious to most businesses that trading online is key to their future success. Powa and Barclaycard have taken the step of facilitating a safe, effective and powerful eCommerce solution that Barclaycard customers can quickly deploy without hassle and with confidence. It is a landmark initiative for UK businesses at the right time when so many companies are looking to drive their growth and new businesses can quickly get going without investment in infrastructure.”

Notes to Editors:

Powa is a cloud eCommerce platform which has evolved from one of the most sophisticated technology platforms on the web. It was a pioneer in the provision of ‘Software as a Service’, which enables companies to outsource their increasingly complex technology needs at a simple fixed cost. As a consequence, it is easily adapted to the needs of the smallest of businesses as well as the major brands on its client list.


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 2013;

 

-          total number of Barclaycard customers: 28.8m

-          number of retailer/merchant relationships: 89,000

-          Total payments processed: £240bn