Barclays Bank - News, Articles & Research

Barclaycard joins BT’s partnership network to support small businesses

Barclaycard Payments has announced its partnership with BT to support microbusinesses in the UK.

12 August 2022

Barclays rolls out Microsoft Teams worldwide

Barclays bank has signed a multi-year agreement to deploy Microsoft teams as a global collaboration platform, connecting 120,000 staff and services partners in key locations worldwide.

09 August 2022

Company announcement/payments

Barclaycard Payments: Non-traditional sign-ups will fuel new wave of subscriptions

New data on the ‘subscription economy’ shows that non-traditional sign-up products and services are likely to fuel the next wave of subscriptions. Barclaycard Payments – which processes £1 in every £3 spent on credit and debit cards in the UK – found that over two thirds (68 per cent) of businesses that currently offer subscriptions will expand their portfolios before the end of 2022.

27 July 2022

News/crypto

Barclays takes stake in crypto firm Copper

UK bank Barclays has taken a punt on Copper in the crypto custody firm’s most recent funding round and has invested “millions of dollars” despite decreased enthusiasm for volatile digital assets, according to reports by Sky News.

25 July 2022

News/crime

Lloyds, Santander, Barclays, TSB demand Google, Facebook reimburse online fraud victims

As reported in The Telegraph, UK banks have urged Big Tech and telecommunications firms to take responsibility for their contribution to the rise of online fraud and voluntarily reimburse victims.

25 July 2022

News/devops

Barclays to host CBDC hackathon

Speaking exclusively with Finextra, Barclays has announced it will host the ‘Barclays CBDC Hackathon 2022’ later this year, to promote the emergence of new technologies in large-scale banks.

22 July 2022

Finextra TV/identity

SCA remains top requirement for merchants

David Jeffrey, Director, Head of Product - Fraud & Security, Barclaycard Payments, speaks at MPE 2022 about why Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) holds its place at the top of merchant's agendas and why it is such an important requirement still. We evaluate the lessons learned from the implementation of SCA so far, the impact this has had on customer experience and what merchants can do to rectify this.

15 July 2022

News/retail

Barclays to close more branches

Barclays bank has revealed 15 new branch closures, on top of the 13 it confirmed in March, 27 in May, and 29 in June - all of which are set to shut this year.

14 July 2022

News/regulation

Klarna exec blasts 'mind-boggling' Barclays BNPL research

Tensions between the traditional banking sector and the increasingly popular buy now, pay later industry spilled over this week as Klarna hit back at Barclays' research on BNPL regulation, calling it "mind-boggling" and irresponsible".

24 June 2022

News/markets

Big banks test DLT-based intraday FX swaps and repo trading platform

Teams from 14 banks, including Barclays, NatWest and Citi, have trialled a DLT-based intraday FX swap and repo trading platform from Finteum.

14 June 2022

News/retail

Money 20/20 EU: Take caution with hyper-expansion

Hyper-personalisation is receiving significant attention from financial services at present. Yet expansion into new niches which businesses haven’t fully understood poses new risks, and, as explored by Money 20/20 Europe’s panel session, ‘Hyper-personalisation in a data-driven world', this can have severe impacts across an entire business model.

10 June 2022

News/wholesale

Barclaycard rolls out cash advance product provided by Liberis

UK alternative finance provider Liberis has formed a deal with Barclaycard to offer revenue-based financing to the acquirer's small business customers.

07 June 2022