Contactless payment technology has been applied to fashion to create the “world’s first” contactless jacket.

Pop superstar Kylie Minogue is to headline a major outdoor show in London’s Hyde Park this summer.

FKA twigs is "constantly" making new music.

Kate Tempest was honoured to be nominated for the Barclaycard Mercury Prize because she has been "in love" with music her entire life.

Hotly-tipped Barclaycard Mercury Prize nominees FKA twigs and Kate Tempest are among the acts which have enjoyed the biggest percentage sales boosts since being shortlisted for tonight’s award.

Barclays is to sell the bulk of its operations in Spain after agreeing a deal worth £630m with one of the country’s biggest banks.

The touch-to-pay technology can now be used to pay for donkey rides in the seaside town.

People’s spending using contactless “tap and go” card payments has topped £100m in a month for the first time, industry figures show.

Amazon UK had its busiest day of sales ever as pre-Christmas shoppers hit the internet for Cyber Monday.

A homegrown Irish technology company is taking on 110 new staff, it has announced.

Concerns about a multi-billion pound share issue and more provisions for mis-selling weighed heavily on Barclays today.

Elton John's cancelled tour could trigger an insurance payout of up to £10m (€11.5m).

Ulster Bank is to cut employee numbers by up to 1,800 as it unveiled a plan to close dozens of branches.

A total of 280 jobs are to go at a Hewlett Packard facility in Dublin, it was announced today.

The Rolling Stones have added a second date in London’s Hyde Park after the first sold out in a matter of minutes.

The Rolling Stones admit their iconic Stones in the Park concert was "difficult".

Banking giant Barclays took an additional £300m (€366.5m) hit to cover payment protection insurance mis-selling claims today but unveiled a higher-than-expected rise in quarterly profits.

Barclays was accused of ignoring anger over bonuses and running “business as usual” as it revealed a £1.5bn (€1.8bn) pot for investment bankers yesterday.

Banking giant Barclays will report another multibillion-pound profit haul tomorrow despite a turbulent year for its powerhouse investment arm.

ENTERPRISE Minister Richard Bruton has pledged not to leave any stone unturned in efforts to protect 700 jobs at credit card giant MBNA.

Enterprise Minister Richard Bruton has pledged not to leave any stone unturned in efforts to protect 700 jobs at credit card giant MBNA.

Adele “doesn’t need” to win the Barclaycard Mercury Prize.

Pulp performed a triumphant set to close London's Wireless festival last night.

British consumers will be able to use their mobile phones to make payments in shops following the launch of a joint venture between Barclaycard and Orange.

Market heavyweights AstraZeneca and embattled BP made steady gains today, but weak US jobs data limited the recovery on the wider FTSE 100 Index.

The Premier League and Barclays today agreed a new three-year title sponsorship deal worth £82.25m to top-flight clubs.

Britain's Barclays bank paid millions of pounds in compensation to its credit card boss for reneging on a promised promotion as rumours mount over tensions at the bank’s helm, it was reported today.

Sales of albums vying for this year’s Barclaycard Mercury Prize have more than doubled since nominations were announced, a retailer said today.

The shortlist of 12 nominees for this year’s Mercury Prize will be announced today.

Barclays customers were hit by technical problems affecting the bank’s network of cash machines today.

Ofcom today fined Barclaycard £50,000 (€62,979) for breaching rules on silent and abandoned calls, the UK regulator announced.

British bank Barclays reported an “acutely disappointing” 33% profit slump today after more hefty write-downs and warned that it expected tough conditions to continue through next year.

British bank Northern Rock announced the appointment of Barclays director Gary Hoffman as its £700,000(€886,657)-a-year chief executive today.

Barclaycard Business has today announced its entry into the Irish card processing market.

Almost 1,000 jobs will be lost with the closure of a UK credit card call centre, it was announced today.

Banking giant Barclays today posted profits of £7.08bn (€9.4bn) for 2007, but revealed a £1.6bn (€2.1bn) hit from the credit crunch and warned of “at least” another six months of turmoil.

British bank Barclays will unveil its 2007 profits haul today after a testing year for the high street banking giant.

Banking giant Barclays said today that it had seen no signs of rising debt levels, despite consumers coming under pressure from interest rate hikes.

More than 1,000 retailers in the UK have signed up for a new contactless-payment system being launched this autumn, it was announced today.

Around 50,000 bank and mortgage sales staff at Halifax Bank of Scotland were celebrating news of a £210m (€313m) shares windfall today.

Barclays fuelled the ongoing row over UK bank charges today after it said its annual profits surged 35% to £7.14bn (€10.6bn) in 2006.