The bank’s Group Chief Executive, Jes Staley, looked at the vital relationship between banking and technology in a speech at the Barclays Digital Conference 2016.

Data-driven algorithms govern many aspects of life: university admissions, resume screening, and a person’s ability to get a car or home loan. Often, using data leads to more efficient allocation of resources and better outcomes for everyone. But…

The workings of the bicycle made way for the first flying machine.A spaceship was built on the ground piece by piece before a man could walk on the moon. At Arrow, we know the world of Five Years Out relies on small, forward-thinking parts put…

The increased use of algorithms in foreign-exchange trading is expected to be a long-term boon for pension fund executives seeking better execution and lower transaction costs, but in the short term the algorithms could cause market volatility that…

Political reporting focuses on human behavior: both the messages candidates choose and how people respond. But in this year’s unconventional election cycle, traditional coverage alone only tells part of the story. Enter Bloomberg Politics, which is…

Miami, FL – Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Aspen Institute today announced the Bloomberg Aspen Initiative on Cities and Autonomous Vehicles, a new program for leading global mayors who will work together to prepare their cities for the emergence…

"Hi, I'm Carla-15. I'm a driverless car. Do you want to see what I do at night?" So begins the new children's book from moovel labs. The aim is to familiarise children in simple terms with the complex concept of autonomous…

Rising tuition fees and low pay for UK graduates has led to a rapid rise in apprenticeships, as young people seek an alternative to academic qualifications. However, children in care face unique challenges with disruptions at home and school and is…

Social Innovation Summit, an invitation-only gathering of social impact leaders and world-changers, has announced a roster of powerful voices that will anchor two days of collaborative discourse to shape a more positive future.

Norfolk Southern always is looking for innovative ways to improve customer service. In 2015, that drive led to the unveiling of ExpressNS, a name that describes exactly what it does. This mobile phone app – the first of its kind in the rail industry…

As concerns grow over climate change, pollution and how much oil we actually have left, there’s clearly a need to develop alternative fuels.

The good news is that researchers have proven that vehicles can run on natural gas,…

Creating new ways to power the world, and save it all at once! We're thinking #FiveYearsOut about Power Management.

The notion that proper nutrition is a prerequisite for health and education is not new. Yet there is a lack of political will to reach out the 1 billion malnourished women and girls.

Some companies are trying to directly help create new demand for recycling in Haiti. HP, which uses recycled plastic when it makes new printer cartridges, announced today that it will start buying some of that plastic from Haiti. Timberland will use…

Gorging on a mountain of pizzas, hula hooping and competing over renditions of Gangnam Style... not what you’d typically expect from a competition in the banking sector. Nevertheless, these were a few of the highlights from Barclays’ recent…

Techstars Atlanta, in partnership with Cox Enterprises, selected 10 companies to participate in the program's 2016 class. Applications for the 10 coveted spots came from around the globe, including 69 countries and six continents.

Urbanization in India is occurring at a breakneck pace. Its cities are expected to grow from 340 million people in 2008 to 590 million by 2030. The speed of growth in cities poses huge challenges, but also offers big opportunities.

While the widespread availability of support programs for building a female presence in the STEM workforces is a comparatively recent emergence, the importance of women in these fields naturally dates back as far as the fields themselves.

More than 1,000 fintech pioneers from two continents took part in a ground-breaking hackathon, organised by Barclays, to develop innovative technologies with the potential to revolutionise the banking sector.

On October 4, 2016, the American Art Therapy Association was represented at a briefing in the Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC.

An IT revolution is underway in the mining industry, and any investment in communications infrastructure needs to be both strategic and holistic in its planning.