Barclays Bank

965 results about this entity

Period: 23 Mar 2006 - 15 Oct 2024

Barclays blames rise of mobile banking for 1700 branch job cuts

Barclays is set to axe 1700 customer-facing jobs from its branch network over the next year, citing the rise of new customer channels, particularly mobile banking.

Sants and Kheradpir quit Barclays

Barclays is to begin a search for both a new head of compliance and a new chief operations and technology officer after the resignations of current incumbents Hector Sants and Shaygan Kheradpir.

Barclays to open branches in Asda stores

Barclays is set to open branches within Asda stores, shutting down existing sites and shifting staff to the supermarket.

Barclays scratches Twitter itch as customer fury mounts over technical breakdown

A technical snafu at Barclays shut down the bank's Internet, ATM, and card payments network for more than two hours on Thursday night, fuelling a wave of customer anger on Twitter.

Barclays boss hints at branch closures as customers go mobile

Barclays chief Antony Jenkins has hinted that branch closures could be on the horizon as the bank bids to cut costs and take advantage of customers' growing enthusiasm for mobile services.

Banks and Thomson Reuters join Markit messaging network

Wall Street's biggest banks and Thomson Reuters have signed up for a new open messaging network from financial information provider Markit which threatens Bloomberg's dominance of the chat market.

DTCC partners banks on global utility for client reference data

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has teamed up with a group of major global banks in a bid to develop a global service to collect and manage the client entity reference data necessary to meet regulatory requirements.

HSBC tops UK bank social media customer service table

HSBC is Britain's most engaged bank on social media, using the likes of Twitter and Facebook to provide prompt customer service, according to research from IMGroup.

Santander has UK's weakest online banking security - Which?

NatWest and RBS have been crowned the UK's most secure online banking providers by consumer group Which?, with Santander ranked bottom of the pile.

Police arrest eight over £1.3m Barclays branch cyber-theft

UK police have arrested eight men in connection with the theft of £1.3 million by a gang which managed to take control of a Barclays Bank branch computer system.

Barclays crowdsourcing site asks customers for better banking ideas

Barclays has launched a crowdsourcing micro-site called Your Bank, inviting customers to share ideas about how it can improve its service.

Barclays revamps Pingit for mobile commerce play

Barclays has moved into m-commerce, adding 'mobile checkout' and 'buy it' features to its Pingit person-to-person payments app.