History
Brian Hall, Andrew Federowsky and Wayne Sharpe founded Bartercard on the Gold Coast, located on the eastern seaboard of Australia, in 1991. Our three founding Directors shared a dream and vision, to make Bartercard the World's Largest Trade Exchange, expand nationally and globally and sustain a brand identity with street presence.
Since then Bartercard has grown to its global presence through innovation and investment in its systems and technology. Through the growth of the business and expansion of its membership, Bartercard now successfully operates in 6 countries and continues to assist members to buy and sell.
Highlights in the company’s history include:
| 1991 | - | Bartercard launched in Australia |
| 1992 | - | Instrumental in forming industry operating procedures for trade exchanges |
| 1994 | - | Bartercard International incorporated |
| 1996 | - | Bartercard UK is launched |
| 1997 | - | Bartercard Thailand |
| 1999 | - | Bartercard initiates world’s first non-cash online transaction with bank Electronic Funds Transfer Terminal |
| 2001 | - | Bartercard UAE |
| 2002 | - | Business Excellence Award |
| 2004 | - | Bartercard Cyprus |
| 2004 | - | EFTPOS Terminal and swipe card technology introduced |
| 2005 | - | Sales reach over $1.2 billion per annum |
| 2006 | - | Bartercard UK sales exceed T£5.4 million/month |
| 2007 | - | Bartercard UK voted Business Tool of the Year by Business Britain Magazine |
| 2008 | - | SMS transaction processing launched in UK |
| 2009 | - | Record breaking media coverage on Sky TV and BBC |
| 2010 | - | Online transaction processing launched in the UK |
| 2011 | - | Bartercard celebrate 20 years of Trading Success |
