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News Oracle has admitted that its software was behind Barclays' online security blunder at the start of the month.silicon.com can exclusively reveal that the failure, which forced the UK high street bank to temporarily close... [14 Aug 2000]
Barclays Global Investors Accelerates Database Deployments to Support Critical Trading Applications
White Paper Barclays Global Investors wanted to implement a scalable IT infrastructure to support the company's core business - investment and asset management research and analysis and provide advanced support for transition from... [03 Apr 2009]
Barclays Bank selects BT Ignite
News Barclays Bank has selected BT's broadband and e-business group, BT Ignite, to implement and operate its Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). BT Ignite will provide Barclays with a PKI, based around... [22 Jun 2001]
Barclays dot-com dot-gone
News BarclaysB2B.com, the high-profile e-marketplace set up last year by Barclays bank, is ditching its dot-com moniker amid fears it may put off potential customers. BarclaysB2B.com was set up in March 2000 as a £30m joint... [24 May 2001]
Barclays targets taxis with wave-and-pay tech
News After introducing Oyster card-style contactless payments functionality into its plastic, Barclays has been working on a contactless system for taxis. Barclays and Computer Cab have teamed up to develop a... [27 Apr 2007]
Barclays faces call centre probe
News Barclays Bank faces an Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) investigation over allegations of customer privacy breaches. The ICO has requested an explanation from Barclays, outlining why the bank's... [26 Apr 2007]
ABN Amro, Barclays: Data centres on savings hit-list
News The merger between banks ABN Amro and Barclays will see the consolidation of both companies' data centres and IT networks to realise cost savings of €1.65bn by 2010. Daniel Mayo, director of financial service... [23 Apr 2007]
Barclays doles out 500,000 chip and PIN devices
News Barclays is sending out chip and PIN terminals to more than half a million of its online banking customers. Barnaby Davis, director for electronic banking at Barclays, told silicon.com:... [18 Apr 2007]
Barclays rings in dot-mobi banking
News High street bank Barclays has launched a mobile phone banking service to extend the reach of its online banking facility. Customers can access Barclays' online banking systems via a... [23 May 2007]
Barclays in €34m IT services deal with Getronics
News Barclays Bank has handed a €34m, two-year contract for desktop and network services to Getronics. It covers 100,000 devices across UK branches and Barclays' head office. Barclays is a... [23 Aug 2004]
Barclays stuns wireless world and pulls out of payment venture
News Barclays Bank has announced its shock decision to pull out of the controversial mobile payment consortium, the Mobey Forum. Barclays was one of the major supporters of the dual-SIM initiative, but in a... [31 Aug 2001]
Barclays signs back-office banking deal
News Barclays has signed a multi-million pound extension to the business process outsourcing (BPO) deal it has with Siemens Business Services. Richard Maddison, head of account servicing at Barclays, added... [23 Nov 2006]
Barclays cards make contact with RFID tech
News Barclays Bank has rolled out a contactless Visa debit card. As of yesterday, Barclays customers getting new or replacement cards will receive ones containing RFID technology. Click here for photos of... [03 Mar 2009]
Barclays £25m blackmail case shrouded in secrecy
News Barclays has asked for a £25m blackmail case involving Barclaycard to be heard behind closed doors later this month, such are the bank's fears about information on the security of its computer systems leaking out. [19 Oct 2001]
Barclays blunders again with online banking
News Barclays.co.uk, one of the biggest UK online banks, has been hit by serious technical problems resulting in its site being down for the last two days. A Barclays spokeswoman admitted the bank has been... [03 Oct 2001]
