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One-in-five UK charities unable to accept online donations; one-in-three missing out on mobile

UK charities are in danger of missing out on growth opportunities due to a lack of innovation in the way they accept donations.

27 May 2015

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Online cab price comparison service minicabit adopts Pingit

minicabit, the UK’s leading online mini-cab price comparison and booking service, announces the launch of a new mobile payment service using Barclays Pingit.

18 May 2015

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Val Soranno Keating to step down as Barclaycard CEO

Barclays has today announced that the CEO of Barclaycard, Val Soranno Keating, has decided to pursue a new professional challenge outside the bank.

15 May 2015

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Barclays ditches dot com in favour of proprietary domains

Barclays is to ditch its dot com domains in favour of proprietary URLs ending in .barclays and .barclaycard.

15 May 2015

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CaixaBank enlists Abbyy to digitise Barclays documents

Abbyy, a leading provider of document recognition, data capture, and linguistic technologies, today announced that CaixaBank, one of Europe’s leading banks and Spain’s third largest financial institution, has chosen ABBYY FineReader Engine, in a new project to digitise 25 million documents from Barclays bank.

12 May 2015

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Barclays unstraps contactless wristbands

Barclaycard has stopped accepting applications for its first-generation contactless bPay wristbands ahead of a relaunch later this year.

07 May 2015

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SunGard explores IPO

Fintech conglomerate SunGard has confirmed that it is "considering pursuing" an initial public offering and using the proceeds to pay off debt.

06 May 2015

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Barclays launches £100 million fund for fast-growing tech firms

Barclays Bank is launching a £100 million fund to provide debt-financing to help fast-growing UK tech startups.

01 May 2015

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Barclays 'Blue Rewards' push more customers to online and mobile

Barclays Bank has launched a digital 'Rewards Wallet' that will pay customers cash to recognise and reward their relationship with the bank.

15 April 2015

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Consumer spending on mobile devices set to top £53 billion a year by 2024 - Barclays

Consumers are set to spend £53.6 billion a year using their smartphones and tablets by 2024, compared with the £9.7 billion spent today, according to new research by Barclays.

13 April 2015

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Barclays' Scandurra recruited to head Sydney fintech hub

One of the architects of Barclays Bank's global Accelerator Programme has been recruited as the CEO of Sydney’s new fintech hub, Stone & Chalk.

13 April 2015

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Barclays preps Apple Watch app

In the run up to Apple Watch going on general sale in the UK on April 24th, Barclays has announced that it will be one of the first apps available through the new technology.

10 April 2015