Tag: Barclays
Non-financial risk: the grey rhino facing financial firms
When discussions about risk in financial services arise, the conversation typically centres on familiar categories such as credit risk, market volatility and liquidity stress....
RegTech firm Vivox AI secures £1.3m funding
Vivox AI has secured £1.3m in its first funding round to accelerate the growth of its enterprise platform and expand its product capabilities for...
Global AML roundup: enforcement actions that shaped 2025
Europe saw some of the most high-profile AML enforcement actions of 2025, with regulators continuing to signal that long-standing control weaknesses will not be...
Barclays backs United Fintech with strategic investment
United Fintech, the industry-neutral FinTech infrastructure and ecosystem for financial institutions, asset managers and wealth managers, has secured a strategic investment from Barclays.
The investment...
UK savers held back by financial literacy crisis
A new report has pointed to a widespread financial literacy gap that is preventing millions of Britons from moving beyond basic savings products and into investing.
Google veteran John Herlihy joins WealthOS as chairman
A former Google and LinkedIn executive, John Herlihy, has joined WealthOS as its first chairman, bringing more than three decades of experience in scaling...
New strategy opens banking access for the vulnerable
Thousands of people experiencing or at risk of homelessness will soon be able to open bank accounts for the first time, following the launch...
Barclays and CGI join forces on trade finance digitisation
Barclays has partnered with CGI to further its digital trade finance strategy by integrating CGI’s Trade360 platform with Komgo’s Konsole system, the largest multi-bank trade finance platform.
Financial crime rules shift from volume to impact
The UK’s approach to financial crime regulation is undergoing a fundamental shift in 2025, moving away from a reactive, volume-driven compliance model towards one...
Fnality raises $136m to expand blockchain settlement systems
Fnality, a financial market infrastructure firm that operates next generation wholesale payment systems regulated by central banks, has raised $136m (£99.7m) in a Series C funding round.










