Barclays Bank

997 results about this entity

Period: 23 Mar 2006 - 29 Sep 2025

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MPs round on banks following IT failures

MPs round on banks following IT failures

Following a string of high profile technical blackouts, Britain's biggest banks have been urged by the UK's influential Treasury Select Committee to invest more resources to improve their technology infrastructure and to appoint board directors with knowledge of IT.

Make way for the banks: Barclays welcomes inhouse team to accelerator programme

Make way for the banks: Barclays welcomes inhouse team to accelerator programme

An internal blockchain-focused unit of Barclays Bank has made the cut to participate in the bank's 2016 accelerator programme, a space usually reserved for innovative startups that threaten the banking status quo.

BBVA gets agile as scrum teams tear up the bank IT rule book

BBVA gets agile as scrum teams tear up the bank IT rule book

Spanish bank BBVA now has 500 staff members working in small scrum teams to rush through the development of new projects, representing a five-fold increase over the past year.

Barclays rolls out HCE-based contactless payment app

Barclays rolls out HCE-based contactless payment app

Barclaycard has begun the roll out of a contactless mobile app for Android smartphones using Host Card Emulation technology.

Barclays launches digital cash collection for businesses

Barclays is launching a new cash collection service ‘Barclays Collect’ for business customers and corporate clients which will save time for hard working businesses across the country, with the service collecting straight from their door.

Barclays announces UKTI partnership

Barclays has joined forces with UK Trade & Investment as a lead partner to broaden, deepen and sharpen efforts to help further develop international trade and inward investment for UK businesses.

Barclays partners with Swift India

Swift India announced today that Barclays has selected it as a channel for payments, cash management, trade finance and treasury transactions for their corporate customers.

BBVA hires Barclays digital chief Derek White

BBVA hires Barclays digital chief Derek White

Spain's BBVA has poached Barclays chief design and digital officer Derek White, appointing him to the role of global head of customer solutions.

Contactless spending in Britain’s pubs, bars and restaurants shoots up following £30 limit increase

Contactless payments now account for one in 10 card transactions, and with contactless spend nearing £1bn a month, Barclaycard research indicates contactless is a huge potential growth area for UK retailers.

Bloomberg to acquire Barclays' Risk Analytics and Index Solutions business

Bloomberg L.P. announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Barclays Risk Analytics and Index Solutions Ltd. ("BRAIS"), a leading provider of benchmark and strategy indices, portfolio analytics, risk and attribution models, and portfolio construction tools.

Rabobank to lay off 9,000 staff

Rabobank to lay off 9,000 staff

Dutch co-operative bank Rabobank is set to shed almost a fifth of its workforce as it restructures in order to meet new European banking regulations.

Barclays online and mobile channels go dark

Barclays online and mobile channels go dark

Barclays Bank is battling to fix technical problems bedevilling its online and mobile services on one of the busiest days of the Christmas shopping season.

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