February 17, 2021 — Retail Bank International covers breaking news that mega bank Barclays has joined our community. “Spurious claims from Patent Assertion Entities divert resources and investment away from true innovation and collaboration,” says Lee Braine, Managing Director, Chief Technology Office at Barclays. “We also recognise that a modern approach to technology development and innovation requires a level playing field around use of open source software … We are pleased to contribute to and extend the growing global community working together to reduce the PAE threat and lower barriers to use of open source technologies.”