Barclaycard turns 50 this month, but is there much to celebrate? Barclays launched its first credit card in 1966. Sean O’Grady takes a look at the history of spending, the accumulation of debt ...

In 1978 Barclaycard used a celebrity as the face of its adverts for the first time. The company chose Dudley Moore, at the time one of the UK’s most famous comedians, to play a character who is ...

Barclaycard US today introduced the Barclaycard Ring® MasterCard® card, the first social credit card to be designed and built through the power of community crowdsourcing.

Barclaycard US is calling its new Ring card “the first social credit card to be designed and built through the power of community crowdsourcing.” That means you.

BARCLAYCARD is to become the first credit card company to offer free credit for 12 months. The firm, owned by banking group Barclays, will relaunch the card as part of a major overhaul in June.