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Barclays drives impact investing through digital marketplace

In the wake of Finextra Research’s SustainableFinanceLive event, Richard Peers of ResponsibleRisk spoke with Damian Payiatakis, head of impact investing at Barclays and David Newman, co-founder of software fintech Delio, to dissect their new impact investing platform, Impact Agora.

30 June 2020

Finextra TV/sustainable

Impact Agora: A new platform for the impact investing ecosystem

Damian Payiatakis Head of Impact Investing at Barclays and David Newman CO Founder of Delio spoke with Richard Peers ResponsibleRisk about the launch and progress of Impact Agora, a new platform for the impact investing ecosystem which enables deal sharing between accelerators, fund managers, investor networks, corporates, family offices, foundations and wealth managers.

29 June 2020

News/markets

Big banks invest in Capital Markets Gateway

A host of Wall Street heavyweights, including Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan, have joined a $25 million funding round for Capital Markets Gateway (CMG), a fintech startup that facilitates equity capital market transactions.

25 June 2020

Company announcement/wholesale

Barclays launches Back to Business toolkit for UK SMEs

Barclays has today launched a toolkit to help small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) across the UK get back on their feet as they navigate the uncertainty created by coronavirus.

12 June 2020

News/startups

Trio of top banks join $27 million funding round in H4

Digital documentation firm H4 has received $27 million in funding from a consortium including JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Barclays and Linklaters.

10 June 2020

News/cloud

UBS leads $17.5m funding round for voice trading tech supplier Cloud9

Cloud9, a New York-based supplier of voice trading software, has raised $17.5 million in a Series B funding round led by UBS and joined by existing investors JP Morgan and Barclays.

04 June 2020

News/covid-19

Barclays invests in trade finance scale-up

UK high street bank Barclays has become the highest profile investor so far in Stenn, a UK-based online trade finance provider.

03 June 2020

News/security

Barclaycard adopts SCA-busting fraud module from Kount

Barclaycard Payments, which processes almost 40 per cent of card transactions in the UK, is to provide merchant customers with real-time fraud detection software from Kount.

02 June 2020

News/retail

Challengers beat incumbents on account opening experience

Many of the UK's leading high street banks have fallen behind their upstart digital rivals when it comes to making it easy and fast to open an account, suggests a review of 12 players' user experience.

25 May 2020

Company announcement/payments

Barclays beefs up Spend Trends signal

Barclays Research is enhancing its franchise with the launch of UK Spend Trends 2.0 signals.

12 May 2020

News/sustainable

Barclays invests in green marketplace SaveMoneyCutCarbon

Barclays has made a "significant" investment in SaveMoneyCutCarbon, a digital aggregator that provides a marketplace where customers can shop for products and solutions that help reduce their carbon footprint.

08 May 2020

Company announcement/payments

UK Treasury Committee asks Barclays to explain customers' struggle in getting emergency loans

It has been reported that customers are experiencing problems applying for Bounce Back Loans from Barclays.

07 May 2020