Barclays enlists NFC tags to enable mobile payments
April 20, 2012Barclays is giving customers a way to pay for small purchases with their mobile phones at a variety of merchant and transit locations.
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Barclays Pingit payments app tallies up more than 400,000 downloads
April 16, 2012Barclays person-to-person mobile payments application Pingit was download more than 400,000 times in the first eight weeks following its February launch.
Barclays brings P2P payments to Britain with Pingit app
February 17, 2012Barclay’s new Pingit mobile app is intended to simplify how individuals exchange money by enabling users to send and receive currency directly from their smartphone.
Consumer mobile spending to top $30B a year by 2021 in Britain: Barclays
October 24, 2011British consumers will spend $30 billion a year using their mobile devices and tablets within the next decade compared to $2 billion spent this year, according to a recent Barclays Corporate study.
Barclays sets eyes on U.S. mobile payments market
June 1, 2011Signaling serious interest in the U.S. mobile payments market, banking and credit card giant Barclays has named a respected telecoms heavyweight to lead a local operation with a staff of 165 at launch.
Growing percentage of digital purchases transacted via mobile: Mojiva exec
February 28, 2011Merchants running mobile advertising campaigns claim that between 5 and 10 percent of their digital purchases are coming from mobile devices, according to a Mojiva executive.
AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon form joint venture to power contactless mobile payments nationwide
November 17, 2010AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon have formed a joint venture called Isis, a national mobile commerce network that will let consumers use their mobile phones to make point-of-sale purchases.
Barclaycard rolls out branded iPad game
September 9, 2010Financial services giant Barclaycard is targeting high-value consumers with the debut of a free iPad version of its Rollercoaster Extreme game in the App Store.
Barclaycard courts iPhone users with branded mobile game
July 6, 2010British credit card and loan provider Barclaycard is targeting iPhone users with the launch of the free Rollercoaster Extreme branded mobile game.
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