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Apple September 14, 2016

CBA, Barclays join forces on P2P payments

Commonwealth Bank of Australia and UK bank Barclays will enable international money transfer between the two countries, using only users’ mobile numbers. The two said it was the first time…

By Richard Handford

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Apple September 14, 2016

Android Pay fills in some UK gaps

Four UK banks — Natwest, Royal Bank of Scotland, Santander and Ulster Bank — made Android Pay available to their customers but one of the country’s largest financial institutions is…

By Richard Handford

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August 2, 2016

UK bank Barclays said customers can have a word in its ear

Barclays launched a new feature that enables customers to access its telephone banking using voice recognition, rather than PINs or passwords. The deployment is a further sign of how biometrics…

By Richard Handford

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Big Tech Google June 22, 2016

Barclays completes contactless launch

Barclays is the UK’s first bank to introduce an in-house contactless payment service for credit and debit cardholders with Android smartphones. The bank previously announced its intention to add…

By Richard Handford

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Big Tech Google May 12, 2016

Barclays prefers its own payment service over Android Pay

Barclays said it will be the country’s first bank to introduce an in-house contactless payment service for credit and debit cardholders with Android smartphones. Earlier this month, Google announced…

By Richard Handford

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April 5, 2016

Barclays finally supports Apple Pay

Barclaycard and Barclays customers can now use Apple Pay for contactless payments in the UK, nine months after the service was first launched. The UK bank has been a notable…

By Richard Handford

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Apple Devices January 27, 2016

Barclays narrows Apple Pay launch date

Barclays, the last leading UK bank not supporting Apple Pay, said it will enable its customers to access the service within two months. Responding to an enquiry from a user,…

By Richard Handford

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