Barclays Bank

997 results about this entity

Period: 23 Mar 2006 - 29 Sep 2025

Barclays launches biometric reader for corporate client login

Barclays corporate customers will soon be able to log into their online accounts by scanning their fingers with biometric readers that use vein authentication technology from Hitachi.

Barclaycard and Orange close Quick Tap mobile NFC payments service

Barclaycard and Orange are to kill off their Quick Tap contactless mobile payment service at the end of next month.

Cash is a pain in the ass: Blackpool donkey goes contactless

Blackpool's famous donkeys have made London's tube network look like an ass by beating it to the contactless payments punch.

Payments Council names Barclays veteran Maurice Cleaves interim CEO

The UK Payments Council has brought in Barclays veteran Maurice Cleaves as interim CEO to guide the body as it prepares for a change of direction ahead of the introduction of a new payments regulator.

Markit beats forecasts with first public results

Financial data outfit Markit beat market estimates in its first set of reports as a public company, recording an 11% rise in second quarter revenues.

Barclaycard takes bPay wristbands beyond payments

Barclaycard is bidding to increase the reach of its bPay contactless wristbands beyond payments by offering businesses customer behavioural data gleaned from the wearable devices.

Barclays opens Pingit to Indian remittances

Barclays is extending the reach of its Pingit mobile payments app by enabling Brits to send money to friends and family in India.

Barclays to offer gift cards over Pingit

Barclays Bank is teaming with Blackhawk Network to provide a range of merchant gifting options to users of its Pingit mobile payments app.

DTCC and banks form client data and documentation utility

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has teamed up with six Wall Street banks to launch Clarient Entity Hub, a client data and documentation utility.

Barclays seeks dismissal of NY Attorney General's dark pool lawsuit

Barclays has filed a motion seeking to throw out a lawsuit from the New York Attorney General accusing the bank of deceptively luring unwary investors to a dark pool that was actually being run for the benefit of predatory high-frequency traders.

University incubator companies pitch to Barclays

A business incubation programme run by a consortium of UK universities has been pitching promising startup companies to Barclays Bank.

Swift signs more banks to KYC Registry

Interbank messaging network Swift has signed up another six major banks to its KYC Registry initiative as it gears up for a launch at the end of this year.