In the UK, Barclaycard ( www.barclaycard.co.uk ) has 8.4 million customers. One in five UK credit cards is a Barclaycard. Barclaycard can be used to pay for goods and services in more than 22 million places in over 200 countries and to withdraw cash from over 600,000 ATMs and banks worldwide.
Barclaycard was set up in 1966 and was the UK's first credit card. Barclaycard was the first and is the UK's leading card services provider on the Internet. More than 800,000 customers regularly use Barclaycard's online account services.
1966 Barclaycard is launched
- UK's first credit card
1977 Company Barclaycard is introduced - Barclaycard becomes a founder member
of the international VISA system
1982 Barclays Premier Card introduced
1986 Barclaycard launches first loyalty scheme
1990 Barclaycard MasterCard launched
1995 Barclaycard launches Barclaycard Gold and Barclaycard Sense cards - Barclaycard
is the first credit card company to go onto the Internet with Barclaycard Netlink
- Barclaycard launches BarclaySquare – UK's first Internet shopping mall
1997 Barclaycard is the first UK credit company to allow bills to be paid over
the internet
1999 Barclaycard launches Platinum card
2001 New website launched for online customers - Launch of ShopSmart - internet
shopping site - Barclaycard announce three-year sponsorship of FA Premiership
- LivingLand is launched. Barclaycard sponsors the Young People's Trust for
the Environment – designed to promote environmental education to UK school
children.
The Barclaycard portfolio consists of the following cards:
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