Barclays Bank

964 results about this entity

Period: 23 Mar 2006 - 16 Sep 2024

Barclays US introduces mobile card control features

Barclays US Consumer Bank, one of the nation's fastest-growing credit card issuers and online banks, today announced new digital features that will let cardmembers actively manage a variety of card-related activities within the Barclays mobile app.

Brex snags $100 million in debt capital from Barclays

Brex, the first corporate card for startups, and Barclays Investment Bank, today announced a $100 million debt capital raise to help power the next phase of Brex’s growth.

Mastercard gives commercial cardholders more insight into Amazon Business purchases

Mastercard has moved to give commercial cardholders greater insight into their expenses by providing more transaction data on Amazon Business purchases.

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Barclays invests in simulation tech outfit Simudyne

Barclays has led a $6 million Series A funding round for Simudyne, a simulation technology firm used by banks for things such as stress testing and contagion management.

RBS and Barclays trial blockchain tech to slash property transaction times

RBS and Barclays Bank have completed a blockchain trial with R3's distributed ledger software which reduced the time taken to complete a property transaction from three months to less than three weeks.

Big banks back new international blockchain alliance

Barclays, BBVA, Deutsche Boerse and Swift are among the financial services sector names to join a new collective promoting the development of a global framework for the development and adoption of distributed ledger technology.

Barclays champions 5G, predicts £15.7 billion boost to UK economy per year by 2025

A new Barclays Corporate Banking report published today reveals that 5G could increase UK business revenues by a staggering £15.7 billion by 2025, despite industry leaders admitting they do not know enough about the benefits of the technology.

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Barclays selects ten companies to join Tel Aviv accelerator

Barclays is pleased to introduce the ten companies that will join the 2019 Tel Aviv Barclays Accelerator, powered by Techstars class.

Can incumbents, neobanks and fintechs all coexist in the future?

John Stecher,  Chief Innovation Officer,  Barclays, speaks at Money20/20 ASIA in Singapore about the level of collaboration happening between incumbent banks and fintechs, how this is evolving in the near-term and whether incumbent banks and neobanks will be able to coexist together in the future.

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Money 20/20 Asia Q&A: Barclays’ John Stecher on fintech/banking co-opetition

John Stecher, chief innovation officer at Barclays, joined industry leaders at Money 20/20 Asia in Singapore to discuss the relationship traditional banks have with fintech challengers and technology companies. Ahead of the panel session, Finextra spoke to Stecher about how the ongoing evolution from competition to co-opetition between fintech startups and incumbents, as new players realise that because of a range of different factors, it is difficult to replace incumbent banks.

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Barclaycard opens up to Alipay

Barclaycard, which processes nearly half of the UK’s credit and debit card transactions, has extended an existing provisional agreement with Alipay, enabling retailers across the country to accept the Chinese payment app at the point-of-sale.

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Lloyds, NatWest and Barclays team on biz banking hubs

Lloyds Bank, NatWest and Barclays have clubbed together to pilot 'business banking hubs' where cash-reliant firms can pay in large volumes of notes and coins.