Barclays Bank

968 results about this entity

Period: 23 Mar 2006 - 18 Nov 2024

Barclaycard steps up contactless card roll out

Barclaycard says it plans to issue over a million contactless payment cards across the UK this year.

UK retailer EAT installs integrated contactless payments system

Fast food joint EAT has become the first retailer in the UK to introduce a fully integrated contactless payment system at the point-of-sale.

Rainbow in talks with LSE over EDX

Rainbow - the European exchange being set up by investment banks - has approached the London Stock Exchange about taking over the bourse's EDX derivatives business and making it the basis of its new trading platform.

Customers don't want authentication devices, says Abbey

Despite continuing security concerns, two thirds of customers do not want their bank to provide chip and PIN-style authentication devices, according to UK high street bank Abbey.

Barclays banks on cool data centre

British banking group Barclays is implementing technology from Hewlett Packard (HP) to help reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions at its new data centre in the UK.

New futures exchange named ELX

The new electronic futures exchange being set up by a group of banks and trading firms to take on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange will be named ELX Electronic Liquidity Exchange.

Barclaycard Business launches pre-paid card service for retailers

Barclaycard is partnering with payment services vendor Card Commerce to launch a service for UK retailers looking to offer pre-paid gift cards to customers.

Barclays launches mobile banking service in India

UK bank Barclays has launched a mobile banking service in India that enables customers to transfer funds, pay bills and make account enquiries using their handsets.

Barclays introduces Twist billing standard

Corporate standards body Twist says Barclays has become the first UK financial services firm to use its bank services billing (BSB) standard to provide electronic reporting of bank information to corporate treasurers and wholesale clients.

NY commuters to trial contactless payments on buses and trains

MasterCard is working with transport operators in New York on a contactless payments trial that will enable customers to use devices such as cards, key fobs and mobile phones to pay fares on buses and trains.

PayPal still the UK's favourite

PayPal continues to be the most popular online payment service in Britain, with over 20 million user accounts now registered in the country, which represents more than a third of the UK's adult population.

Barclays swallows Goldfish

The UK's Barclays Bank has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Goldfish credit card business from Discover Financial Services for around £35 million in cash.