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Barclays Anticipating 'Imminent' Support for Apple Pay in United Kingdom
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It'll take more than a petition. All signing that does is put you further up the watch list haha
Another +1 for First Direct. Originally switched when they had one of their "we'll give you £100 if you switch" deals, they even offered £100 if you don't like them and end up switching back. I didn't.
There's a lot to be said for being able to call and have a human answer, within a couple of rings, and no menus. Breath of fresh air. Sure, I rarely need to call in the first place, but when I do I want to get something done and get on with my day. After all the companies where you end up on hold to an overseas scripted callcentre for 2 hours this is a major, major bonus even if you only need it on rare occasions.
Sure it's 'slacktivism' but a petition is a start. It gets people thinking about it, maybe donating to help with events or attending etc. Everything starts somewhere.
It starts with saying no. All this ******** protest and donation just gives people a job.
Yes Barclays have been extremely silent, whilst at the same time announcing support for Zapp, Bitcoin and the laughable bPay crap
Twitter has indeed shown a backlash, but Barclays (and Barclaycard) have remained silent.
I suspect the rumour reported on MacRumors is just that, a rumour to do damage limitation
I'm looking at alternative banks, and if Barclays and Barclaycard do not support Apple Pay quickly, I'll move all my accounts elsewhere
Get a job at Target? AFAIK those are the only people testing it right now.
I really don't think that lack of adoption of ApplePay was high up on the list of reasons that Antony Jenkins was sacked, if it even featured at all
The government won't ban encryption, much information going about it is misleading. If the government banned encryption or asked for access to it then UK PLC would go bust over night.
Also, this is only about direct communication, encrypted payments won't be affected.
What do you propose for trying to stop this happening then?
So it seems, despite Cameron's earlier comments sounding more far-reaching. Still, I tend to agree with Apple that we have a fundamental right to privacy. Are the terrorist and pedo bogeymen going to just say "k! No more communication for me!" - of course not, they'll just use Tor or some other method. All this does is harm privacy for innocent people.
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The Barclays one predates this usage of the German eagle by over 200 years.
I've actually just switched away from Barclays to First Direct, with one of the main reasons being the lack of Pay support.
First Direct have been good, still awaiting the £100 but it's early days. The only thing I miss from Barclays is their app and online banking, FD could do with taking note from them on that part as the FD app and OLB is pretty bad.
First Direct have been good, still awaiting the £100 but it's early days. The only thing I miss from Barclays is their app and online banking, FD could do with taking note from them on that part as the FD app and OLB is pretty bad.
Terrorists don't use communication like Whatsapp or iMessage for planning attacks. Grooming people maybe, but not for anything else.
I agree with you that there is no need to use terrorism to get support for it. What isn't documented much is that the USA and other countries have already or are about to implement similar laws without any affect on existing services.
Too little too late
I (along with many others) have already switched from my Barclays account and into a new provider.....
I (along with many others) have already switched from my Barclays account and into a new provider.....
somewhat related: I love my freaking sallie mae barclay card....5% back on gas, groceries, and amazon 
I'll switch to another Bank this week if Barclays have not officially stated support for Apple Pay by Tuesday.
It's not that perplexing when you consider how the L's serif would look odd against the A's, the angles would have been ugly
That's exactly what I thought. I've heard so many good things about first directs customer service but their online banking is pretty poor compared to Barclays. I'm pretty disappointed.
Interesting how Barclays doesn't have launch support for Apple Pay in the United Kingdom, yet I can use my Barclaycard with Apple Pay here in the United States.
