Daily Archives: November 20, 2008

Financial, Financial Services, Insurance, Insurance Services

Insurancewide.com Has Signed A Fourth Annual Agreement With Tiscali To Continue Acting As Tiscali’s Preferred Insurance Comparison Partner

The alliance offers visitors to the Tiscali website a respected online comparison service for those seeking motor, home, travel, life, pet and many other types of insurance as well as advice on how to navigate the crowded insurance market and decipher the small print.

This agreement with Tiscali is the most recent in a series of significant partnerships for the newly relaunched http://uk.insurancewide.com and further consolidates the site’s position as the leading provider of an impartial, consumer-facing insurance service.

A spokesperson for Tiscali says: “Insurancewide provides a real plus to visitors of our Money Channel and increases the probability of finding the most relevant insurer for their needs, which is the first crucial step to finding the best price.”

Insurancewide.com‘s cutting edge search technology enables the service to interpret each customer’s unique, keyed-in requirements quickly and accurately, and to provide an instantly accessible list of relevant, best-value insurers.

Insurancewide supplies this online comparison technology to more than 50 websites across the UK. Many are of these are white label agreements, reflecting the credibility of Insurancewide.com for finance portals as a respected, integral part of their core service.

James Harrison, chief executive of Insurancewide.com, says: “This partnership gives us another opportunity in our rapidly growing network of partners to offer genuine choice to people who want to compare relevant insurers; we don’t just identify the cheapest prices at any cost.”

Via EPR Network
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Anti-Money Laundering, Banks, Checking & Savings, Credit Cards, Financial, Financial Management, Financial Services, Financial Software, Financial Solutions, Mobile banking, Money, Online Banking, Personal Finance

Barclays release new video highlighting the risks of online fraud that their customers may face when using the internet

Barclays new video, which is presented by television reporter Spencer Kelly, outlines the key risks such as phishing and malicious software and provides advice on what can be done to avoid these threats as well as the things Barclays does to protect customers.

Barclays is a leader in online banking security initiatives having launched PINsentry in 2007. PINsentry uses a handheld card reader and chip and PIN technology to verify customers’ identities for online banking. Without the need for passwords or memorable words, PINsentry has introduced a new layer of security to online banking, with users being issued with a unique eight digit code, helping to fight fraudsters who hack into people’s computers or utilise “phishing” emails to steal login details. Over 1.5 million customers are now using PINsentry and it was recently named the Best Security Initiative at the Nominet Best Practice Challenge 2008 awards.

In June 2008 Barclays became the only bank to offer all of its customers a full freeonline security software package. The package, from award winning internet security provider Kaspersky, includes anti-virus software as well as a spam filter, parental controls, spyware, adware and firewalls and is available to all customers who are registered with Barclays online banking. As a result of these initiatives and continuing work behind the scenes, Barclays has seen a dramatic 91 per cent drop in the money lost to fraudsters from 2006 to 2007 and is the only UK bank to have seen a reduction in the number of phishing attacks.

Barclays fight against online fraud continues with a new ‘vidcast’ advising people on the best methods of internet security. The five minute video is available to watch at www.barclays.co.uk/video where viewers are also invited to post their comments including suggestions for subjects of future videos.

For more details on PINsentry, free Kaspersky internet security software and other online security information please go to www.barclays.co.uk/security.

About Barclays

Barclays is a major global financial services provider engaged in retail and commercial banking, credit cards, investment banking, wealth management and investment management services, with an extensive international presence in Europe, the USA, Africa and Asia.

With over 300 years of history and expertise in banking, Barclays operates in over 50 countries and employs 143,000 people. Barclays moves, lends, invests and protects money for over 38 million customers and clients worldwide.

For further information about Barclays, please visit our website www.barclays.com.

Video on www.youtube.com/barclaysonline

Via EPR Network

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