29.9.2008

Barclaycard unveils new global logo


Credit card firm Barclaycard unveiled a new logo as part of its push to be seen as a wider payments company. Barclaycard spent £600,000 replacing its traditional design with a grey and blue fragmented globe image. It expects to spend a further £1 million on implementing the new design worldwide over the next two years. 

 

A Barclaycard spokesman said the globe image depicted "a world that is calm and confident on the outside, whilst warm and vibrant on the inside". The logo has been separated from the Barclaycard name to allow the brand to translate more easily in online and international markets. 

 

Barclaycard said the new visual identity of the brand was more in keeping with the company's drive to become a global payments agency. 

 

Rhidian Taylor, Barclaycard's head of brand management, said: "Our current logo and look have worked well for us as a UK credit card company, but they do not reflect the global payments company we have become. "We needed to create a modern and distinctive look which signals where we are going as opposed to where we have been." 

 

The new logo will be rolled out across all Barclaycard's global products, services and operations over the coming year.