Former Barclays boss gambles on courtroom battle over ties to Epstein Next week Jes Staley will challenge his ban from the City in a case that will reveal his conversations with the disgraced financier The Guardian - UK · Mar 1, 2025
Former Barclays chief Jes Staley heads to court to clear name from associations to Jeffrey Epstein American banker had a relationship with the now-deceased Epstein while working at JPMorgan Chase The Independent UK · Feb 28, 2025
Online banking problems prompt MPs’ concern amid UK branch closures Thousands of Lloyds, Nationwide, Halifax, TSB, Bank of Scotland and First Direct customers affected on Friday The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2025
Online banking issues hit customers on payday for second month in a row Four banks have confirmed disruption for customers on Friday morning. Evening Standard · Feb 28, 2025
Barclays ex-CEO Jes Staley mounts fight to distance himself from Jeffrey Epstein, contesting the UK regulator banning him from running a bank The Financial Conduct Authority fined Staley $2.2 million and banned him from senior banking roles after finding he misled regulators about his relationship with Epstein. Fortune · Feb 27, 2025
Global stocks rise as investors await Nvidia earnings after DeepSeek knock The UK’s FTSE 100 moved 62.79 points higher, or 0.72%, to close at 8,731.46. Evening Standard · Feb 26, 2025
3 Stocks Poised to Thrive as NVIDIA Dominates the AI Boom With NVIDIA delivering more growth this year, three stocks could benefit greatly from its success, with more upside of their own. MarketBeat · Feb 21, 2025
UK lenders paid car dealers cash upfront that may have led to costlier loans Exclusive: ‘Advance commissions’ said to total millions of pounds allegedly pushed customers to certain providers The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2025
Defence stocks boost European markets amid emergency talks over Ukraine war BAE Systems, which makes weapons, military vehicles and aircraft, saw its share price jump by about 9% on Monday. Evening Standard · Feb 17, 2025
What is the DEI rollback and where will it spread next? Many large US corporates including Google, Amazon and Walmart have scaled back DEI after Trump’s push in government The Guardian - UK · Feb 14, 2025
HSBC set to unveil bigger profits as cost-cutting overhaul in focus Rivals Barclays and NatWest set the tone for the banking sector when they reported stronger earnings this week. Evening Standard · Feb 14, 2025
Barclays Faces Money-Laundering Investigation It acknowledged that watchdog Financial Conduct Authority is examining whether the bank's UK division had broken any laws by being too lax International Business Times · Feb 13, 2025
Fall for FTSE after BAT, Unilever and Barclays updates underwhelm The FTSE 100 finished 42.72 points, or 0.49%, lower to end the day at 8,764.72. Evening Standard · Feb 13, 2025
Mortgage wars kick-off as banks launch sub-4% deals More sub-4 per cent mortgages have started appearing on the market from Thursday The Independent UK · Feb 13, 2025
Evening Standard · Feb 13, 2025 More sub-4% mortgage rates available from Thursday The new deals were a positive sign that competition in the market was heating up, experts said.
The Independent UK · Feb 13, 2025 Barclays hands out more in staff bonuses while boss’s pay more than doubles The bank said it wanted to reward staff for a stronger financial performance and for making progress on its three-year strategy overhaul.
The Independent UK · Feb 13, 2025 Barclays to hand share award worth £500 to staff after yearly profits surge by a quarter The banking group will be handing out share awards worth £500 to the vast majority of its staff following the financial performance.
Evening Standard · Feb 13, 2025 Barclays to hand share award to staff after yearly profit surges by a quarter The banking group will be handing out share awards worth £500 to the vast majority of its staff following the financial performance.
The Guardian - UK · Feb 13, 2025 Pay of Barclays CEO more than doubles to £10.5m as profits soar Other top performers at group share £1.9bn bonus pool while 90,000 employees awarded £500 each in shares
Evening Standard · Feb 13, 2025 Barclays boss sees total pay package double to more than £10 million Pay bonanza comes as high street bank profits rose by a quarter to £8.1 billion in 2024
Evening Standard · Feb 13, 2025 Barclays profit leaps by a quarter as investment activity booms The bank reported a pre-tax profit of £8.1 billion for 2024, a 24% leap from the £6.6 billion profit generated over 2023.
Evening Standard · Feb 12, 2025 Mortgage market cheered by return of sub 4% fixed rate deals from Barclays and Santander The return of stability in the City’s money markets has allowed lenders to offer cheaper mortgage deals
Evening Standard · Feb 11, 2025 HSBC online and mobile banking working again after service outage It follows recent outages at other major banks in recent weeks.
The Independent UK · Feb 11, 2025 HSBC hit by outage as users complain of being unable to log on It follows recent outages at other major banks in recent weeks.
The Fashion Central · Feb 11, 2025 Rachel Reeves Slammed as ‘Clueless’ Chancellor in Brutal Expert Verdict In a stinging critique of current economic policy, leading financial experts have lambasted Chancellor Rachel Reeves for what they describe as a lack of vision and substance.