Barclays Bank

997 results about this entity

Period: 23 Mar 2006 - 29 Sep 2025

Comedians go contactless for Red Nose Day

Brits will be able to make a donation to Comic Relief this year by tapping their contactless cards against statues of some of the country's best know comedians.

London tech sector attracts record US investment

London tech firms attracted nearly $800 million from US investors last year, with the fintech sector at the fore, according to figures compiled for the city's mayor, Boris Johnson.

Barclays puts the branch on the iPad

Barclays is to equip its roving army of Community Bankers with iPads capable of performing all banking operations previously confined to bricks and mortar branches.

UK’s tech businesses set to grow four times faster than GDP in 2015 - Barclays

Barclays’ Fast Growth Tech survey, which questioned owners and CEOs of UK tech firms1, has revealed that many of the industry’s bright lights are feeling confident about delivering a stellar year of growth in 2015.

Banking apps failing user experience test

The functionality of mobile banking apps developed by five of the UK's top banks has been criticised after they racked up so-so scores in user experience testing conducted by Adaptive Lab.

NY Attorney General turns up the pressure on Barclays

New York's Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is ratcheting up the pressure on Barclays Bank as he expands his lawsuit accusing the bank of fraud in the operation of its US dark pool.

Moving from cheques to mortgages, Barclays to accept photos of customer documents

Barclays bank has rolled out a system which enables mortgage brokers to take photos of paperwork for immediate upload to customer case files.

Barclays launches 'Code Playground' to arm UK consumers with tech skills

Barclays is launching an online and in-branch 'Code Playground' to help families of all ages acquire digital skills and knowledge.

Barclaycard to trial contactless gloves

Barclaycard has taken an innovative approach to the wearable payments market with the trial of 'tap and pay' woollen gloves that allow people to pay contactlessly for their Christmas shopping.

Lloyds to pilot mobile cheque deposits with business customers

Lloyds Bank is to begin testing mobile cheque deposits with a select group of commercial customers.

Barclays to free up unused branch space for entrepreneurs

Social enterprises, entrepreneurs and community groups will be offered free space in a move by Barclays to encourage local enterprise, continuing its support for entrepreneurs.

Barclays extends cheque imaging pilot to one million customers

Ahead of Christmas, Barclays is giving one million customers the ability to pay in cheques remotely by taking photographs with their phones.