Not strictly relevant, but I note that Barclaycard does get a bit of stick here.

Members may be pleased to hear that Ofcom has had them up for making Silent Calls.

There are no details yet, but it is likely that it is their debt collection department that has been harassing those in financial difficulty with menacing anonymous phone calls (possibly with a 0870 CLI).

There are likely to be pieces in the media, but for now here is the source link.

Don't get too excited! Ofcom will not publish the details for some weeks yet, and then some of it will be blanked out. It could be three months before we know if there is to be a fine of up to £50,000.

jgxenite wrote on Jun 24^th, 2008 at 12:05am:

... out of the revenue that Ofcom lets them take from their 0870 numbers of course

... so if there is a fine then Ofcom will be profiting from these ill-gotten gains

... and there was I thinking that there was no great conspiracy


Just one bit of media from someone who has written about saynoto0870 -
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/jun/24/barclaysbusiness.creditcards

I hope that someone has asked him to do another piece on issues of more concern to this forum!

sherbert wrote on Jun 24^th, 2008 at 8:55am:

Are you suggesting that Ofcom personnel may think the great conspiracy is about to be revealed and that they need to protect their future self-interest?!!!

SilentCallsVictim wrote on Jun 23^rd, 2008 at 10:37pm:

Ofcom has today fined Barclays Bank the "maximum possible fine". This is the way BBC News has put it:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7637419.stm

Then it goes on to say that this is £50,000.............

UK Regulations are a joke!

Dave wrote on Sep 26^th, 2008 at 12:33pm:

I do wish Ofcom would stop reading this board and following my advice and all the other negative comments that are made about it.