Barclays Bank

959 results about this entity

Period: 23 Mar 2006 - 12 Aug 2024

/security

Online retailers warned of lost sales as SCA comes into effect

Online retailers are being warned to be prepared for the introduction of Strong Customer Authentication (SCA), the biggest change to payments since Chip & Pin rolled out 16 years ago.

/payments

Barclaycard adds Apple Pay support to virtual expense card

Barclaycard Payments has added Apple Pay support to its Precisionpay Go virtual Visa cards, enabling employees to pay for face-to-face as well as online business expenses.

/payments

Barclaycard to launch two new credit cards with Avios

Barclaycard, one of the UK’s largest credit card providers, has partnered with Avios to launch two new credit cards that give customers the opportunity to collect Avios when making purchases, as well as providing a host of travel-related perks.

/regulation

Barclays fined £783,800 for oversight failings in collapsed payments firm Premier FX

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Barclays Bank Plc (Barclays) £783,800 for oversight failings in its relationship with collapsed payments firm Premier FX.

/sustainable

Barclays signs 10-year Power Purchase Agreement for UK operations with bp

In support of the bank’s efforts to transition towards powering its UK operations from fully renewable sources and help finance the clean energy transition, Barclays has today announced that it has signed a 10-year Power Purchase Agreement with bp.

/payments

Barclays calls for more stringent regulation of BNPL market

Barclays is calling for more robust regulation of all buy-now-pay-later products as it releases new research which suggests the lack of consistent affordability assessments has led shoppers to take on more debt than they can afford to repay.

/sustainable

Retailers terminate contracts worth over £7bn as part of supply chain clean-up

UK retailers have cancelled £7.1bn in contracts across the last 12 months with suppliers that don’t meet stringent ethical and sustainable standards, new research¹ reveals.

/startups

Barclays steps up fintech engagement through Rainmaking partnership

Barclays has teamed up with corporate venture builder Rainmaking to develop a host of initiatives working with fintech firms around the world.

/payments

Contactless transactions surge in the UK

New data from Barclaycard, which sees nearly half of the nation’s credit and debit card transactions, reveals that 91.1% of all eligible card transactions in 2021 were made contactlessly, with the total value of contactless payments made increasing by 40.2 per cent, year-on-year.

/sustainable

Barclays offers lower interest rates on energy efficient buy-to-let mortgages

Barclays Mortgages has announced the launch of the Barclays Green Home Buy-to-Let Mortgage, available to existing and would be landlords from Friday 21st January 2022.

/startups

Barclays leads $6.6 million Seed round in fashion finance platform Responsible

Barclays has led a $6.6 million Seed round in Responsible, creators of an embedded finance platform designed to enable circularity in the fashion industry.

/payments

Lloyds to invest in loyalty app Bink

Lloyds Banking Group is to follow Barclays in becoming a shareholder in Bink, a loyalty app launched in 2015, Sky News understands.