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Did you know that 15% of people have been personally targeted by a romance scam 🚨 Romance scams take place when a fraudster pretends to be interested in a romantic relationship, with the intention of manipulating an individual into sending them money. Here are three red flags to watch out for: 🚩 Requests for money 🚩 Never meeting in person 🚩 Love bombing For more information, follow the link in the comments. #BarclaysUKunlocked

We’re pleased to announce a multi-year extension of our long-standing credit card partnership with Hawaiian Airlines. A proud partner since 2013, we're thrilled to continue working with Hawaiian Airlines to offer consumers and small businesses with credit card rewards and benefits to help enhance their travel experiences. Read the press release: https://lnkd.in/eAqN3D74

GETTING TO NET ZERO: the UK can become a destination of choice for climate tech companies, whose technologies are essential to reducing emissions and meeting global net zero ambitions.   Growth-stage climate tech companies struggle to get the funding they need to scale, as they fall into the ‘missing middle’ financing gap, where they’re too large for venture capital but too small for infrastructure funds.   We’re calling on the UK Government to help unlock the financing that’s critical for climate tech companies to grow and scale. Read the full paper here: https://lnkd.in/dwPAUpk6

🎾 It’s Wimble-Done! 🍓 A week ago we wrapped up our second Championship as Official Banking Partner. Here’s a look at how Barclays served up perks and delights for customers, clients, fans and colleagues - at both Wimbledon and in our offices.

🏆 🏆  WINNER x 2: We’ve been named Best Investment Bank and Best Bank for ESG in the UK at this year’s Euromoney awards. Best Investment Bank award recognises: ▪ Barclays' superior performance in the UK, providing clients with integrated solutions across financing, advisory and risk management, while advising on large-scale, critical transactions for clients. This is the 11th time in 13 years Barclays Investment Bank has been presented with this award. Best Bank for ESG award recognises: ▪ Barclays’ progress across the board in the ESG category, with the publication highlighting the work the bank has done to lower financed emissions, pioneer green mortgages for customers, invest in innovative climate-tech startups, and facilitate finance for investment bank clients to the tune of $67.8 billion.” This is the 2nd year in a row Barclays has won this award.   To read more, click the link in the comments.

Everyone's talking about generative AI, but has it influenced your workload? Some of our colleagues are already trialling generative AI to help them with daily tasks, such as summarising documents and meeting actions, freeing them up to focus on other work. To find out more about how Barclays is harnessing generative AI, read our recent article. Link in comments below ⬇

Today Barclays Bank US announced the launch of our new Tiered Savings product, which rewards US customers as their balances increase to help them advance their personal finance goals. This launch is another step towards growing our US Consumer Bank’s retail deposits business.

What red flags do you look for when renting? 🚩 #BarclaysConsumerSpend

🏆 🎾 Game, set, match. Congratulations to Barbora Krejčíková and Carlos Alcaraz on becoming the 2024 Wimbledon Singles Champions.   📷 Credit: AELTC/Joel Marklund/Simon Bruty

Good luck in Sunday’s final England!🏆 You’re all heroes for club and country ❤️