Barclaycard launches new mobile web banking service
23 Feb 2011 11:00 GMT
Today Barclaycard launches a mobile banking service, an extension of their award winning online servicing platform, mybarclaycard.
The service, available across hundreds of handset models, means Barclaycard customers can access their accounts, check their balance and view payment or transaction history at any time by simply accessing the site through their mobile browser. In addition, the site integrates with the Barclaycard Freedom loyalty scheme to provide access to the latest offers from nearby retailers, using the latest geo-location technology.
The specially optimized interface provides an effortless mobile web experience, which customers can access by using the same secure login details as their mybarclaycard account.
David Chan, CEO of Barclaycard Consumer Europe, said: “As payment experts, our role is to make it easier, more convenient and incredibly secure for people to manage their money while on the move. Many of our customers are time-poor or simply don’t want to spend extra time on a PC checking their account. This mobile service allows our customers the flexibility and convenience to manage their finances whenever and wherever they choose”.
“With consumers spending a quarter of their time online connected through mobiles*, providing a well designed service is essential to fulfilling our changing customer expectations. The service is a further realisation of Barclaycard’s commitment to provide mainstream mobile banking services by 2012.”
To access this site, visit www.barclaycard.mobi on your mobile
Notes to Editors:
*Research by The Internet Advertising Bureau ( IAB)
mybarclaycard – winners of Financial World’s Innovation Award for Innovation in the delivery of financial productivity – mobile and internet banking (December 2010)
Barclaycard Freedom is a loyalty scheme that allows Barclaycard customers to earn Reward Money in pounds and pence when they spend on their credit cards across a coalition of retail partners in the UK. Reward Money can be earned at over 20,000 retail outlets, including such brands as House of Fraser, Shell service stations, Pizza Express, LA Fitness and thousands of small, independent retailers. Barclaycard customers shopping online can continue to earn Reward Money online by visiting the websites of select retail partners via the Barclaycard Freedom eStore at mybarclaycard.co.uk.
For more information about Barclaycard Freedom, please visit www.barclaycardfreedom.co.uk
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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