Barclays Bank

968 results about this entity

Period: 23 Mar 2006 - 18 Nov 2024

Barclays opens Eagle Labs to help UK startups take flight

Barclays is vowing to back the UK's startups through a host of 'Eagle Labs' across the country where firms can access space, mentorship and technology.

Businesses under-reporting cybercrime - Barclays/IoD

Businesses are not taking cyber security seriously enough, the Institute of Directors (IoD) warned today, with under a third (28%) of cyber attacks being reported to the police.

UK contactless spending trebles in 2015

Spending on contactless cards in the UK rose more than three-fold in 2015 to reach £7.75 billion, propelled by an increase in the spending limit to £30 and the ongoing popularity of transit payments on the London transport network.

BlackBerry BBM gets Pingit payment app

BlackBerry is partnering with Barclays Bank to enable P2P money transfers via the UK bank's Pingit application over the BBM messaging service.

Barclays adds direct feeds to Xero

Xero and Barclays are partnering to give small businesses and their accountants easier access to the services and funds they need to manage and grow their business.

SEC reaches dark pool settlements with Barclays and Credit Suisse

The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday announced that Barclays Capital Inc. and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC have agreed to settle separate cases finding that they violated federal securities laws while operating alternative trading systems known as dark pools and Credit Suisse’s Light Pool.

Barclays, the last UK holdout against Apple Pay, confirms imminent launch

Barclays, the last of the UK's big banks to join the Apple Pay bandwagon, has confirmed that it will be rolling out the service within the next three months, after initially holding out against the mobile payments juggernaut.

MPs round on banks following IT failures

Following a string of high profile technical blackouts, Britain's biggest banks have been urged by the UK's influential Treasury Select Committee to invest more resources to improve their technology infrastructure and to appoint board directors with knowledge of IT.

Make way for the banks: Barclays welcomes inhouse team to accelerator programme

An internal blockchain-focused unit of Barclays Bank has made the cut to participate in the bank's 2016 accelerator programme, a space usually reserved for innovative startups that threaten the banking status quo.

BBVA gets agile as scrum teams tear up the bank IT rule book

Spanish bank BBVA now has 500 staff members working in small scrum teams to rush through the development of new projects, representing a five-fold increase over the past year.

Barclays rolls out HCE-based contactless payment app

Barclaycard has begun the roll out of a contactless mobile app for Android smartphones using Host Card Emulation technology.

Barclays launches digital cash collection for businesses

Barclays is launching a new cash collection service ‘Barclays Collect’ for business customers and corporate clients which will save time for hard working businesses across the country, with the service collecting straight from their door.