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News Barclays claims to have reduced online fraud to zero among users of its two-factor authentication system, PINsentry. Take-up of the devices has been higher than expected, exceeding 30 per cent of the online user base, Barclays said. [18 Jul 2008]
Exclusive: Barclays to offshore 1,800 UK tech jobs
News Barclays is to cut 1,800 IT posts in the UK as part of plans to create centrally managed technology "centres of excellence" in key offshore locations around the globe. By 2010 the number of UK tech jobs at Barclays will be reduced by 1,800 - a... [14 Jul 2008]
Barclays gives online users free security software
News Barclays Bank is to offer its two million online customers free security software. Barclays already offers its online banking customers free antivirus software but has now beefed up the package to protect against other internet security threats... [01 Jul 2008]
Barclays banks on offshore
News Barclays is increasingly confident in its use of business process outsourcing (BPO) which it says has improved time to market and is now looking to increase the complexity of the services it offshores. [15 May 2008]
Security - vendors must take some responsibility
News Rhonda MacClean, chief information security officer for Barclays, explained in detail how her company routinely tests the security of most of the software it buys in from suppliers. But when we tested code [at Barclays] we found a lot of it was C-. [23 Apr 2008]
Barclays data centres get green with HP
News Barclays is using cutting-edge cooling technology in its new Gloucester data centre to help reduce the bank's energy bill and carbon footprint. Elaine Heyworth, head of environmental management for Barclays retail and commercial banking, told... [13 Mar 2008]
MiFID compliance warning
News Barclays Capital prepares as MiFID looms ¦ Many firms in the financial trading sector are still adopting a 'wait and see' approach to MiFID by going for the cheapest, most basic level of compliance required by regulators. [13 Mar 2008]
MiFID: No big bang - but it's not over yet
News Barclays Capital prepares as MiFID looms ¦ The deadline for MiFID compliance passed without a major hitch in the UK but there's still a lot of work to do say industry experts. MiFID - the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive - came into... [26 Nov 2007]
LSE back on track after outage
News Barclays Capital prepares as MiFID looms The London Stock Exchange (LSE) is operating as normal after a technical issue yesterday. An LSE spokeswoman said, towards the close of business yesterday there was a technical issue within Infolect... [08 Nov 2007]
MiFID: It's finally right here, right now
News Barclays Capital prepares as MiFID looms ¦ MiFID, the European investment banking regulation, comes into force today and banks will be hoping their preparation for the big day has paid off. MiFID (the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive... [01 Nov 2007]
Credit crunch hits tech contractors
News Barclays Capital prepares as MiFID looms The proportion of tech contract workers in the financial services sector is at its lowest level for more than three years. Just 22 per cent of IT contractors are working in the sector, according to... [31 Oct 2007]
MiFID: No boon for small and private banks?
News Barclays Capital prepares as MiFID looms ¦ While large banks and exchanges are set to grow as a result of adopting MiFID (Markets in Financial Instruments Directive), small domestic players and private banks will get little from their investment. [30 Oct 2007]
UK banks ready for MiFID, says FSA
News Barclays Capital prepares as MiFID looms ¦ The UK banking industry is in good shape for the European MiFID regulations which come into force on 1 November, according to the Financial Services Authority (FSA). [30 Oct 2007]
Is cash costing you three days per year?
News Visa is working with member banks including Barclays, HBOS, HSBC, Lloyds TSB and RBS to offer a product called payWave. London commuters are wasting precious time by using cash when faster alternatives are available, it has been claimed. [29 Oct 2007]
MiFID: Banks not ready as deadline looms
News Barclays Capital prepares as MiFID looms ¦ A significant proportion of financial organisations are unprepared for the record keeping requirements of MiFID, just weeks before the European investment banking regulations come into force on 1 November. [17 Oct 2007]
