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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 ...
Guru Investors Avoided Deutsche Bank And These European Financials
October 10th, 2016
Value gurus mostly exited Deutsche Bank (NYSE:DB) before its stock tumbled this month on news it might have to pay a large fine related to the financial crisis. While many maintain positions in other European banks as fear weighs ...
Fintech Startup Transferwise Moves Away From Banks
August 30th, 2016
Transferwise Inc., the global money transfer startup, is getting ready to free itself from relying on banks. The five-year-old London-based company is known for splashy ad campaigns. These feature nearly-nude employees as a way to show how much more ...
Barclays reaches $100M Libor settlement
August 9th, 2016
Barclays Bank PLC (BCS) has agreed to pay $100 million to settle allegations that its manipulation of a global financial benchmark defrauded government entities and non-profit groups across the U.S. Announced Monday, the settlement includes $93.35 million for restitution to victimized groups that agree to opt in and issue releases ...
Barclays launches voice security customer identification
August 2nd, 2016
Barclays is offering voice security technology to all of its customers Passwords will no longer be needed because each voice is as unique as fingerprint Barclays has today announced that it is introducing voice security technology to all customers, ...
Most European Banks Survive Stress Test
August 1st, 2016
European regulators gave most banks a clean bill of health in “stress tests” despite the Continent’s sluggish growth and low interest rates, saying only a clutch of lenders would struggle to ride out a hypothetical severe economic downturn. The European ...
Ex-Barclays traders jailed over Libor rigging
July 8th, 2016
A London court has sentenced four former Barclays traders to prison. They were found guilty of Libor manipulation between 2005 and 2007. Jay Merchant received six-and-a-half years in prison, Jonathan Mathew and Peter Johnson were each jailed for four ...
Ex-Rabobank trader to plead guilty in U.S. Libor case
July 7th, 2016
A former Rabobank trader from Australia will plead guilty on Thursday to U.S. charges that he conspired in a huge scandal to manipulate Libor, the leading benchmark for pricing financial transactions, his lawyer said. The expected plea by Paul ...
Moody’s downgrades outlook on 12 UK banks following UK vote to leave the EU
June 29th, 2016
Moody’s Investors Service has today changed the outlooks on the ratings of 12 UK banks and building societies. Simultaneously, the rating agency has changed the outlook on the UK banking system to negative from stable. The actions follow a ...
