Barclays Bank

949 results about this entity

Period: 23 Mar 2006 - 07 May 2024

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Barclays engages HPE to deliver private cloud platform

Barclays Bank has contracted with HPE to deliver its private cloud platform as part of a hybrid multi-cloud strategy.

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Many BNPL users unclear what they're signing up to - survey

With millions of Brits set to use buy now, pay later options for their Christmas shopping, new research from Barclays suggests that many do not fully understand how the products work.

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EU fines banking giants €344 million over FX price fixing cartel

The European Commission has completed its cartel investigation into the Foreign Exchange (‘Forex') spot trading market by imposing fines on five banks.

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Barclays partners SaveMoneyCutCarbon to help corporate clients go green

Barclays has joined forces with marketplace SaveMoneyCutCarbon to help its corporate clients reduce their carbon, energy and water use.

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Barclays and Form3 adds SCT service

Form3, a leading cloud-native payment technology provider and Barclays have announced the addition of a SEPA Credit Transfer (SCT) service to their combined directly connected access solution.

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Fin VC and Barclays invest in invoice insurance platform Nimbla

Invoice insurance startup Nimbla has attracted £5.1 million in funding from Silicon Valley's FIN VC with participation from Barclays Bank.

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Barclays CEO Jes Staley to step down over Epstein links

Barclays and Mr Jes Staley, Group Chief Executive, were made aware on Friday evening of the preliminary conclusions from the FCA and the PRA of their investigation into Mr Staley's characterisation to Barclays of his relationship with the late Mr Jeffrey Epstein and the subsequent description of that relationship in Barclays' response to the FCA.

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Barclays streamlines compliance with Clausematch

Barclays has rolled out automated policy management and compliance technology from regtech Clausematch to 90,000 employees around the world.

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Barclaycard Payments extends relationship with SAP

Barclaycard Payments, which processes almost £1 in every £3 spent in the UK, has extended its relationship with SAP by integrating its Smartpay gateway into SAP’s Upscale commerce platform, and enhancing the procure-to-pay services available through SAP Ariba.

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Barclays opens Glasgow campus to house tech team

Barclays has opened a campus in Glasgow to house its technology, operations and functions teams as well as the bank's Eagle Lab technology startup operation.

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Wall Street giants invest in AI search engine for companies AlphaSense

AlphaSense, an AI-based market intelligence platform used by a host of financial institutions, has raised $180 million in a Series C funding round co-led by Goldman Sachs and joined by Citi, Morgan Stanley and Barclays.

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Barclaycard rolls out multicurrency payment service for businesses

Barclaycard is rolling out a product that enables businesses to accept payments from cardholders in their local currency, then automatically converts the funds and settles the payment in either sterling, euro or US dollars, using a locked-in rate.

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Barclays and Anthemis bring female-focused fintech innolab to UK and Europe

Barclays and Anthemis are to export their Female Innovators Lab from the US to the UK and Europe, providing funding and mentoring to fintech startups founded by women.

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Barclays hires Amazon payments head to lead POS finance business

Barclays has hired Amazon's head of European payments Antony Stephen to lead the bank's foray into the booming buy now, pay later market.

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New Energy Nexus launches climate fintech cards and payments challenge

Global network of accelerators and funders of climate solutions, New Energy Nexus, has just announced the launch of its Climate Fintech: Cards & Payments Challenge (C&P Challenge).

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LendInvest secures £150m partnership with Barclays and HSBC

LendInvest, an asset management platform for property finance, has agreed a £150 million partnership with Barclays and HSBC to get funding to UK property entrepreneurs.

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Big banks invest in accounting software firm Freshbooks

Barclays, Bank of Montreal and JPMorgan have joined an US$80.75 million Series E funding round for Toronto-based cloud accounting software firm Freshbooks.

/people

Barclaycard poaches Colin O'Flaherty from American Express to drive small business growth

Barclaycard Payments has announced the appointment of Colin O’Flaherty to head up its growing small business customer offering.

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Barclaycard rolls out cashback programme

Barclaycard has teamed up with Visa to give UK shoppers automatic cashback when spending on credit cards at a host of high street and digital retailers.

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Barclaycard to make B2B payments smarter with Mastercard Track services

Barclaycard Payments has agreed to join Mastercard's multi-rail, account-to-account Track Business Payment Services operation, providing a new range of functionality for business customers.