Barclays Can Arbitrate Cardholder Claims Over Meta Info Sharing

Barclays Bank succeeded in compelling a credit card holder to arbitrate proposed class claims stemming from allegations the financial institution chose to share customer interactions on its website with Meta Platforms.

The evidence showed Leopold Bennett received arbitration agreements alongside his three credit cards, Judge Lorna G. Schofield, of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, said. Barclays testified that it’s customary to send standard cardmember agreements alongside the credit cards.

Under New York law, the bundled mail creates a presumption that Bennett received the arbitration clauses of those agreements. He’s bound by those clauses, since ...