{
  "id": 11213261,
  "title": "Barclays Accelerates AI Rollout With Anthropic’s Claude Code",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/barclays-accelerates-ai-rollout-with-anthropics-claude-code",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-01T14:33:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PYMNTS",
    "slug": "pymnts",
    "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/news/artificial-intelligence/2026/barclays-accelerates-ai-rollout-with-anthropic-claude-code/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "British universal bank Barclays plans to have half of its developers utilizing Anthropic's AI coding tool Claude Code by year's end, with most adopting it by the end of 2027, according to a press release from Anthropic on Oct. 1. This growing adoption is part of a strategic partnership between Barclays and Anthropic, which will involve integrating AI systems across the bank's global operations, as stated in the release.\n\nCraig Bright, group co-chief operating officer at Barclays, emphasized that AI systems are transforming software engineering and cybersecurity, and the bank is leveraging agentic capabilities within Claude to build, test, secure, and operate technology. He explained that Barclay's use of Claude aims to modernize legacy platforms, enhance software quality, and allow technical experts to concentrate on the most intricate challenges.\n\nThe bank has previously incorporated other AI systems, such as the Colleague Knowledge Assistant, used by over 16,000 Barclays UK employees and handling more than 1 million searches since 2025. Additionally, Claude models are employed within Barclays' Global Markets business to process 120,000 emails from clients daily and assist colleagues in acting on them.\n\nAnn Marie Darling, another group co-chief operating officer at Barclays, highlighted that the expanded use of Claude at the bank will revolutionize how work is done and enable better outcomes. She noted that by minimizing time spent on routine tasks and streamlining decision-making, colleagues can focus their expertise on solving complex problems, accelerating innovation, and delivering superior results for customers, clients, and the business.\n\nAnthropic's Chief Commercial Officer, Paul Smith, commented on the partnership, stating that Barclays' high standard for AI in serving millions of customers and clients globally necessitated a strong security and oversight approach when rolling out Claude. The PYMNTS Intelligence report \"The Enterprise AI Payback Curve: Adoptions Accelerates as Returns Take Shape,\" published in August, revealed that 95% of banks and insurers are either broadly deploying or intensively embedding new AI tools in their back-office data and technology functions. Furthermore, the report indicated that 95% of banks and insurers consider new forms of AI to be very or extremely effective in the functions where they are utilized.",
  "summary": "British universal bank Barclays expects half of its developers to be using Anthropic’s agentic artificial intelligence coding tool Claude Code by the end of the year, and most of them to be using it by the end of 2027, Anthropic said in a Thursday (Oct. 1) press release. The growing adoption of Claude Code is […] The post Barclays Accelerates AI Rollout With Anthropic’s Claude Code appeared first…",
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