Barclays Bank

987 results about this entity

Period: 23 Mar 2006 - 30 May 2025

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Barclays Bank goes live on CLS's cross-currency swaps service

CLS, a financial market infrastructure group delivering settlement, processing and data solutions, today announced that Barclays Bank has officially gone live on its Cross Currency Swaps (CCS) service.

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iwoca amasses £270 million in investments from Citibank and Barclays

iwoca, one of Europe’s largest SME lenders, today announces a new £270m package of debt funding, taking total gross investment in the company to over £1bn since it was founded in 2012.

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Barclays extends partnership with British Gas to offer half price home energy efficiency checks

Barclays has today announced it has extended its partnership with British Gas, which helps customers explore ways they could make their homes more energy efficient.

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Barclays Eagle Labs launches Ecosystem Partnership Programme

Barclays Eagle Labs has announced the launch of the Ecosystem Partnership Programme, to provide a significant boost to tech startups.

Barclays reports large spike in investment scams

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Barclays reports large spike in investment scams

Barclays Bank is calling for social media platforms to act fast to improve verification of financial adverts after reporting a large spike in investment scams.

CFIT advances open finance pilots for consumers and SMEs

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CFIT advances open finance pilots for consumers and SMEs

The UK Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology (CFIT) is to build two working prototypes of open finance applications for providing financial advice to vulnerable consumers and to speed up credit assessments for SME loan applications.

Barclays invests in Funding Xchange

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Barclays invests in Funding Xchange

Barclays has led a Series B financing round for Funding Xchange (FXE), a provider of white-label software for lenders to SMEs. The size of the round was not disclosed.

Older shoppers boost growth in contactless payments

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Older shoppers boost growth in contactless payments

New Consumer Spend data from Barclays’ annual contactless trends report has revealed that 2023 was another record-breaking year for ‘touch and pay’, with the fastest growth coming among the over 65s.

Barclays to close more branches

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Barclays to close more branches

Barclays has earmarked another 22 branches for closure as it continues to trim its network in response to falling visits.

Tesco Bank sells credit cards, loans and savings operations to Barclays

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Tesco Bank sells credit cards, loans and savings operations to Barclays

The £600 million deal has an "initial" agreement lasting 10 years.

Wise accuses high street banks of hidden exchange rate fees

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Wise accuses high street banks of hidden exchange rate fees

For GBP to EUR, Wise reports that HSBC has the highest fee for exchange rates (3.7%), followed by Lloyds at 3.6%, Barclays at 2.75%, and NatWest, TSB and Santander all at 2.5%.

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Barclays launches climate tech hub in Cambridge

Barclays has relaunched its Cambridge Eagle Lab with a renewed focus on helping high growth climate tech startups to connect, grow and scale. The site has undergone a significant retrofit, with the goal of reducing its carbon emissions by 90 per cent compared to 2018.

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