I found it quite staggering that the FT could report this today: Barclays has agreed to buy US personal loan business Best Egg for $800mn
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Barclays: seeking to maximise profit, whatever the cost
As the FT notes this morning, Barclays Bank has announced a reorganization of its business as a result of which: Barclays is … planning to
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Questions of integrity
The Guardian reports this morning that: Barclays’ chief executive, Jes Staley, is facing a financial penalty for an alleged breach of conduct after City watchdogs
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Where is the ministerial backlash against Barclays because they have been charged with criminal offences?
News broke yesterday that Barclays Bank is to be charged with criminal offences. I stress, not the directors or some names individual, but the Bank
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Barclays’ fine is more than a spot of bother over a single deal
Barclays have been fined £72 million for their failure to apply proper money laundering standards to a single deal, suggested to be worth £52 million
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Barclays is heading back to the wild west
It looks as if Barclays wants to head back to the days of the wild west in the City of London when the economy was
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Fining banks is yesterday’s punishment. Make it personal, and include bars
Barclays is expectng to be fined £500 million for rigging foreign exchange markets. So, it's another day and another massive fine for a bank. Put
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Barclays and country-by-country reporting: what we learned
I wrote yesterday about Barclays’ country-by-country report and what could be gleaned from it. The Guardian referred to that work in this morning’s paper. Barclays did
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Challenging Barclays’ world view
Last November I wrote about Action Aid’s campaign highlighting Barclays Bank’s promotion of tax havens. Barclays did, of course, deny the allegations made. Today, at
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