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The Big Bets | David Birch and Alessandro Hatami with Paulette Rowe
In this episode of @The-Big-Bets podcast, hosts David Birch and Alessandro Hatami sit down with Paulette Rowe, former CEO of Stax and Paysafe, who's also held senior roles at Facebook, Barclaycard,…
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October 9, 2026 at 10:42 AM
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Jean-Michel Jarre events this day: 1988-10-08 Destination Docklands at the London docks (38 years ago), 2010-10-08 2010 World Tour at National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, United Kingdom (16 years ago), 2016-10-08 Electronica World Tour at Barclaycard A... https://zoolook.nl/forum/event.php.
October 8, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Jean-Michel Jarre events this day: 1988-10-08 Destination Docklands at the London docks (38 years ago), 2010-10-08 2010 World Tour at National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, United Kingdom (16 years ago), 2016-10-08 Electronica World Tour at Barclaycard A... https://zoolook.nl/forum/event.php.
Looks like they got the idea from the Barclaycard advert. 😂
October 7, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Looks like they got the idea from the Barclaycard advert. 😂
So Barclaycard was the first all-purpose credit card issued for the general public in the UK, launching on 29 June 1966. Yet they still haven't learnt any manners from their younger rivals.
October 6, 2026 at 10:34 AM
So Barclaycard was the first all-purpose credit card issued for the general public in the UK, launching on 29 June 1966. Yet they still haven't learnt any manners from their younger rivals.
Barclaycard, the balance of which I pay off monthly, wrote to me last month to ask if I would like to stop doing that - and leave a little each month on which they could charge interest - to 'help me manage my finances better'.
Not satisfied with my nil response, they've followed it up with a text.
Not satisfied with my nil response, they've followed it up with a text.
October 6, 2026 at 5:51 AM
Barclaycard, the balance of which I pay off monthly, wrote to me last month to ask if I would like to stop doing that - and leave a little each month on which they could charge interest - to 'help me manage my finances better'.
Not satisfied with my nil response, they've followed it up with a text.
Not satisfied with my nil response, they've followed it up with a text.
Barclaycard forcing everyone to use their app is annoying
October 3, 2026 at 7:38 AM
Barclaycard forcing everyone to use their app is annoying
I have a Barclaycard too and have just been given 10 days’ notice of this downgrade. Now on the lookout for a replacement with a decently functional website that doesn’t treat me like an idiot. Can do my own research, of course, but suggestions welcome from anyone who’s happy with what they’ve got.
October 1, 2026 at 3:47 PM
I have a Barclaycard too and have just been given 10 days’ notice of this downgrade. Now on the lookout for a replacement with a decently functional website that doesn’t treat me like an idiot. Can do my own research, of course, but suggestions welcome from anyone who’s happy with what they’ve got.
Spent a day trying to sort out to get crime number equivalent for insurance. They were still using the Barclaycard on the toll roads to France months later, despite it being "cancelled". Fortunately that wasn't my problem. They immediately withdrew the them max cash advance of £200 equivalent.
October 1, 2026 at 7:28 AM
Spent a day trying to sort out to get crime number equivalent for insurance. They were still using the Barclaycard on the toll roads to France months later, despite it being "cancelled". Fortunately that wasn't my problem. They immediately withdrew the them max cash advance of £200 equivalent.
Phone Barclaycard. No reset PIN option. Hangs up on me. Call back. Now I get a "Hear My PIN" option that I didn't get before.
"I'm about to read you your PIN. Please hold."
"I could not retrieve your PIN. Goodbye."
Six attempts...I finally speak to a person and they're posting me a PIN. KTHXBAI.
"I'm about to read you your PIN. Please hold."
"I could not retrieve your PIN. Goodbye."
Six attempts...I finally speak to a person and they're posting me a PIN. KTHXBAI.
September 30, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Phone Barclaycard. No reset PIN option. Hangs up on me. Call back. Now I get a "Hear My PIN" option that I didn't get before.
"I'm about to read you your PIN. Please hold."
"I could not retrieve your PIN. Goodbye."
Six attempts...I finally speak to a person and they're posting me a PIN. KTHXBAI.
"I'm about to read you your PIN. Please hold."
"I could not retrieve your PIN. Goodbye."
Six attempts...I finally speak to a person and they're posting me a PIN. KTHXBAI.
Got a new phone. Logging into the Barclaycard app, it wants my card PIN that I have never, ever, ever used. Can only view it online using a username and account number that I have never, ever, ever set up or been given.
Now two hours in to trying to get them to reset it.
Now two hours in to trying to get them to reset it.
September 30, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Got a new phone. Logging into the Barclaycard app, it wants my card PIN that I have never, ever, ever used. Can only view it online using a username and account number that I have never, ever, ever set up or been given.
Now two hours in to trying to get them to reset it.
Now two hours in to trying to get them to reset it.
Free when I opened a Barclaycard account in 1978. The dust is also the same vintage.
September 28, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Free when I opened a Barclaycard account in 1978. The dust is also the same vintage.
The spending habits of Barclaycard carrying celebrities made fascinating reading in the early 90’s. Elton John for instance spent a fortune on fresh flowers.
September 27, 2026 at 8:15 AM
The spending habits of Barclaycard carrying celebrities made fascinating reading in the early 90’s. Elton John for instance spent a fortune on fresh flowers.
Not the barclaycard app that I already have, no No NO! I have to download the barclays app, and try and register for that, fail, try again, register, go to activate the security function, which says “for security we will activate this feature sometime in the next 4 days, no we won’t tell you when."
September 24, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Not the barclaycard app that I already have, no No NO! I have to download the barclays app, and try and register for that, fail, try again, register, go to activate the security function, which says “for security we will activate this feature sometime in the next 4 days, no we won’t tell you when."
They almost seem reluctant to tell you about logging on to barclays to get your barclaycard data, they even say you can do “some, not all” functions there, but they don’t tell you details, because THE APP THE APP THE APP!
September 24, 2026 at 7:10 PM
They almost seem reluctant to tell you about logging on to barclays to get your barclaycard data, they even say you can do “some, not all” functions there, but they don’t tell you details, because THE APP THE APP THE APP!
For months now, the tolerable, clanky website has been telling me that it is going to be replaced by the App, that can’t do the one thing I use the website for. This month- no choice. Old website gone, no more barclaycard online banking. Use the app or go to a branch (ha!) or the barclays site.
September 24, 2026 at 7:10 PM
For months now, the tolerable, clanky website has been telling me that it is going to be replaced by the App, that can’t do the one thing I use the website for. This month- no choice. Old website gone, no more barclaycard online banking. Use the app or go to a branch (ha!) or the barclays site.
I have a barclaycard. Each month I need to grab the transactions so I can jam them into a spreadsheet and work out household spending. The old website was tolerable for this- slow, clunky, and insistent that I should use their mobile app instead. This is important because…
September 24, 2026 at 6:58 PM
I have a barclaycard. Each month I need to grab the transactions so I can jam them into a spreadsheet and work out household spending. The old website was tolerable for this- slow, clunky, and insistent that I should use their mobile app instead. This is important because…
Just seen the new Barclaycard advert.
"What you buy is your business"
Whereas they literally mean "what you buy is OUR business"
It's fucking hilarious.
"What you buy is your business"
Whereas they literally mean "what you buy is OUR business"
It's fucking hilarious.
September 24, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Just seen the new Barclaycard advert.
"What you buy is your business"
Whereas they literally mean "what you buy is OUR business"
It's fucking hilarious.
"What you buy is your business"
Whereas they literally mean "what you buy is OUR business"
It's fucking hilarious.
Oh how I love the combination of legacy banks and technology. #barclaycard #useless
September 22, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Oh how I love the combination of legacy banks and technology. #barclaycard #useless
We desperately need a European payment system like Barclaycard/Visa. Surely it can't be that hard?
September 21, 2026 at 4:23 PM
We desperately need a European payment system like Barclaycard/Visa. Surely it can't be that hard?
Barclaycard started in 1966.
September 21, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Barclaycard started in 1966.
I've had Barclay cards for >50 years but they are straining my loyalty. Until this week one could log in to the website to get a statement and post via online banking. Now they want everyone to use their app. Ain't gonna happen. 1/2
#barclays #Barclaycard
#barclays #Barclaycard
September 20, 2026 at 3:57 PM
I've had Barclay cards for >50 years but they are straining my loyalty. Until this week one could log in to the website to get a statement and post via online banking. Now they want everyone to use their app. Ain't gonna happen. 1/2
#barclays #Barclaycard
#barclays #Barclaycard
Mar 1976: Children's Clothing ad from C&A
(+Anorak in nylon with contrast trim; Polyester/cotton checked dress with fresh-as-a-daisy embroidered pinny; Acrylic soft shirt and embroidered tank top; and Acrylic button-trimmed trews with stripes)
«A Happy Event at Young C&A»
(+Anorak in nylon with contrast trim; Polyester/cotton checked dress with fresh-as-a-daisy embroidered pinny; Acrylic soft shirt and embroidered tank top; and Acrylic button-trimmed trews with stripes)
«A Happy Event at Young C&A»
September 20, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Mar 1976: Children's Clothing ad from C&A
(+Anorak in nylon with contrast trim; Polyester/cotton checked dress with fresh-as-a-daisy embroidered pinny; Acrylic soft shirt and embroidered tank top; and Acrylic button-trimmed trews with stripes)
«A Happy Event at Young C&A»
(+Anorak in nylon with contrast trim; Polyester/cotton checked dress with fresh-as-a-daisy embroidered pinny; Acrylic soft shirt and embroidered tank top; and Acrylic button-trimmed trews with stripes)
«A Happy Event at Young C&A»
Wow ok, not seen that and struggling to imagine him in that role, vs his usual roster of smarmy poshish types. My brain defaults to him as a snooty waiter/maitre’d in a 1980s advert, for a credit card I think, Barclaycard? American Express? Not been able to nail it down
Also HELLO YOU been a while
Also HELLO YOU been a while
September 16, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Wow ok, not seen that and struggling to imagine him in that role, vs his usual roster of smarmy poshish types. My brain defaults to him as a snooty waiter/maitre’d in a 1980s advert, for a credit card I think, Barclaycard? American Express? Not been able to nail it down
Also HELLO YOU been a while
Also HELLO YOU been a while
Amazing what you can get with a Barclaycard.
September 16, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Amazing what you can get with a Barclaycard.
Barclaycard sent me a bill for someone else’s account
Barclaycard sent me a bill for someone else’s account
It told me a year ago I had applied for a credit card – now it is it telling me my payment is overdue
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Barclaycard sent me a bill for someone else’s account