Barclays Bank PLC

whitePaper | January 19, 2022

The coronavirus pandemic is one of the most challenging crises the world has faced, significantly impacting public health, the economy and businesses at large. The pandemic has also brought to light the finance industry’s understanding that climate change may upend the financial system. This underscores the urgency for the industry to facilitate the transition to a lower-carbon economy.

whitePaper | January 3, 2020

A NEW WAVE OF disruption more forceful and more pervasive than what we have seen in recent years will likely unfold in the next decade. While the roots of this disruption— technological, economic, geopolitical, demographic or environmental—may remain the same, the unique convergence of these factors should unleash unprecedented change in the broader society and economy, and, consequently, in the banking industry as well.

whitePaper | July 15, 2022

The rise of Banking as a Service (BaaS) and real-time payments (RTP) are pushing the era of digitalization to new heights, where interconnected ecosystems and the instant exchange of data are the norm. Until now, banks and other players have largely implemented piecemeal solutions on top of existing legacy core systems. This has led to extremely expensive and complex back-end systems—with lots of time and money spent trying to create interoperable services at the application level. With the move to fully interconnected ecosystems, stakeholders will have to re-think their core systems at the most fundamental level. Achieving this will be difficult, but the rewards are great. Infrastructure-level connectivity can enable banks and other players to benefit through the monetization of customer data that will provide new insights for services that can only be developed based on a fundamentally networked infrastructure.

whitePaper | July 10, 2023

The payment industry is experiencing a revolutionary shift, with traditional transaction timelines reduced from days to seconds. As a result, the demand for instant payments has prompted these institutions to reassess their innovation priorities and shift their focus towards the underlying data infrastructure that powers these lightning-fast transactions.

whitePaper | July 30, 2022

If you’re from the southeast like I am, you might recognize late August and early September as a special time of the year. It’s a time the weather is cooling down, schools are starting up again, and most importantly, the lights on the football fields around the country are set to illuminate for the first time since February. It’s also the time of year that you can turn on any sports network and have a good chance of catching a coach talking about the upcoming season and their first matchup of the season.

whitePaper | October 31, 2020

Property management is an industry that has seen steady yet significant growth over the past year. Obviously, the industry has been affected by the recent economic downturn, and property managers have been placed in a demanding position. Investopedia1 informs us that property managers are routinely responsible for managing real estate assets held by another entity, either a business or a person. Thus, the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has left many people in the unfortunate position of not being able to meet their rental obligations.