Search Results for: Barclays
Investigations have commenced into Barclays and Group CEO
April 10th, 2017
Barclays PLC and Barclays Bank PLC (Barclays) announce that the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) have commenced investigations into: · Jes Staley, Group Chief Executive Officer of Barclays, as to his individual conduct and senior ...
Two former Barclays employees acquitted in Libor trial
April 7th, 2017
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has issued a press release to inform in relation to the last decision coming from the Southwark Crown Court in Libor trial. According the release: Stylianos Contogoulas and Ryan Michael Reich were acquitted by ...
ASIC accepts enforceable undertaking from Barclays entities
March 23rd, 2017
Yesterday, ASIC accepted an enforceable undertaking (EU) from three Barclays foreign financial service providers (FFSPs): Barclays Capital Inc. (BCI) domiciled in the United States of America Barclays Capital Asia Limited (BCAL) domiciled in Hong Kong, and Barclays Capital Securities Limited ...
Former director at Barclays gets prison in a U.S.
January 12th, 2017
A former director at Barclays Plc was sentenced on Wednesday to five months in a U.S. prison for repeatedly tipping off a friend who worked as a plumber to impending mergers underway at the bank so that the friend ...
Barclays Bank sued for mortgage securities fraud
December 24th, 2016
The United States Department of Justice today filed a civil complaint in the Eastern District of New York against Barclays Bank PLC and several of its United States affiliates (together, Barclays), alleging that Barclays engaged in a fraudulent scheme ...
Barclays announces completion of sale
November 28th, 2016
Barclays has completed the sale of its Wealth and Investment Management (WIM) business in Singapore and Hong Kong to Bank of Singapore Limited, the wholly-owned private banking subsidiary of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited (OCBC). Barclays WIM in Singapore and ...
Barclays’s 25% London Office Space Cut Signals Glut Threat
November 2nd, 2016
Space being cut in London is equivalent of about 5,000 desks Tenants are getting upper hand in rental talks, Jefferies says Barclays Plc’s decision to cut 25 percent of its London office space highlights the growing risk that tenants will ...
Barclays Bank is the most complaint about firm according to FCA
October 11th, 2016
Financial services firms recorded a 2.6% reduction in new complaints between January and June 2016 compared to the previous six months, according to new complaints data published today by the Financial Conduct Authority. The total number of complaints was ...
Barclays to sell its Retail and Corporate Banking business in Egypt
October 5th, 2016
Barclays has agreed to sell its Retail and Corporate Banking business in Egypt to Attijariwafa Bank S.A. The transaction is estimated to result in a proforma Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) ratio benefit of c.10bps on completion, in part ...
CFTC Orders United Kingdom-Based Barclays Bank PLC to Pay $500,000
September 23rd, 2016
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued an Order filing and simultaneously settling charges against Barclays Bank PLC (Barclays) for failing to create, maintain, and promptly produce required confirmations for a significant number of Exchange for Related Position (EFRP) trades in ...
