Barclays Bank

968 results about this entity

Period: 23 Mar 2006 - 18 Nov 2024

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.

Barclays launches algorithm Barx Peg

Barclays today announced the launch of BARX Peg, a new algorithm on BARX FX.

PFS buys Barclaycard prepaid card portfolio

FinTech Company Prepaid Financial Services has today announced the completion of a deal to acquire the Physical Prepaid Card Portfolio of Barclaycard in the UK and migrate onto its own platform as of 31st January 2019.

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Barclays to merge BPay and Pingit apps

Barclays is trying to boost its BPay wearable contactless payments product by merging it with the more popular Pingit money transfer app.

Barclaycard and China UnionPay ink UK card acceptance partnership

Barclaycard, which processes nearly half of the UK’s credit and debit card transactions, today announces a new card acceptance partnership with UnionPay International, a subsidiary of China UnionPay.

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We are the robots: AI technology shifts into the mainstream

Once the preserve of futurists, artificial intelligence technology is to set to become a routine part of everyday business operations, according to a report from venture capital firm MMC Ventures, in association with Barclays Bank.

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University College London and Barclays launch 'venture builder' for deep tech start-ups

Barclays and University College London (UCL) have today announced the launch of Conception X, a ‘venture builder’ that creates investable, early-stage deep tech start-ups founded by the nation’s best and brightest PhD students.

Barclaycard UK merchants to accept cards that run on the Discover Global Network

Barclaycard, which processes nearly half of the UK’s credit and debit card transactions, today announces that it will start accepting cards that run on the Discover Global Network across its UK merchant network.

Barclays to host over 100 clinics across the UK to support businesses through Brexit

Barclays has announced today that it will be hosting over 100 clinics for businesses from March to provide additional support to customers through Brexit.