Barclays Bank

996 results about this entity

Period: 23 Mar 2006 - 28 Aug 2025

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Barclays launches online game

Barclays launches online game

In a bid to attract teenage customers, Barclays has launched an online game that sees players arrive in a virtual city broke and improve their status through work and sound money management.

Co-op to introduce contactless payments

Co-op to introduce contactless payments

The Co-operative Food will become the UK's first major grocery retailer to introduce contactless payment in its stores nationwide after joining forces with Barclaycard.

Visa contactless cards in issue in UK to reach 12 million by year end

Visa contactless cards in issue in UK to reach 12 million by year end

The number of Visa contactless cards in use in the UK is expected to reach twelve million by the end of 2010.

Barclaycard updates iPhone game

Barclaycard updates iPhone game

Barclaycard's relentless plugging of its contactless cards has continued with a revamped rollercoaster game for the iPhone and associated competition.

Barclays banks on £1bn investment to boost global retail business

Barclays banks on £1bn investment to boost global retail business

Barclays is planning to invest around £1 billion in its global retail banking operations over the next four years, completing its branch network overhaul and pushing new technologies such as mobile and contactless.

Co-op Bank tops UK sales site table

Co-op Bank tops UK sales site table

The Co-operative Bank has topped a review of how well UK retail financial services Web sites sell services and products, with Yorkshire Bank bottom of the pile.

Barclays Capital establishes new global tech centre in the Ukraine

Barclays Capital establishes new global tech centre in the Ukraine

Barclays Capital is to spend $2 million to establish a new global technology centre in Kyiv in the Ukraine.

Barclays Capital to launch dark pool for European equities

Barclays Capital to launch dark pool for European equities

Barclays Capital plans to launch a pan-European dark pool for equities trading in the third quarter, building on the US platform it inherited from its acquisition of Lehman Brothers in 2008.

Sepa migration deadlines: dates floated but no decision

Sepa migration deadlines: dates floated but no decision

With Sepa-compliant transaction volumes still weak, Harcus Cooper of Barclays is forecasting the introduction of phased end-dates for mandatory conversion to the new EU-wide payment instruments, with credit transfers expected to get the nod in 2013 and direct debits by 2015.

Barclaycard in talks to outsource Teesside call centre work to Firstsource

Barclaycard in talks to outsource Teesside call centre work to Firstsource

Barclaycard is weighing up plans to hand over operations at its Teesside call centre, which houses around 700 staff, to Indian BPO outfit Firstsource.

John Shepherd-Barron, inventor of the cash machine, dies aged 84

John Shepherd-Barron, inventor of the cash machine, dies aged 84

John Shepherd-Barron, the man credited with inventing the world's first cash machine, has died in hospital in Scotland at the age of 84.

Strictly Come Barclays: UK bank adopts X Factor concept for branch roll-out

Strictly Come Barclays: UK bank adopts X Factor concept for branch roll-out

Barclays has moved to tap the popularity of TV talent shows such as the X Factor with its own competition to find the nation's "hottest dance acts", asking Brits to upload videos of their moves to YouTube ahead of live events.

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