Bartercard International Limited · Southport, Queensland Australia

Bartercard wants the world to embrace its "barter, barter, everywhere, and nary a coin to clink" with a modern version of the original monetary system. Using a complex system akin to the credit card, Bartercard has created an exchange whereby a company solicits business from another company within its network and is paid in in-kind services rather than cash. The company has business trade exchanges among more than 70,000 members and merchant accounts in more than a dozen countries. Although Bartercard was acquired in 2005 by Universal Direct in a reverse takeover that enabled the company to be publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), it was de-listed in 2006. To read the full description, subscribe now.