Barclays tops estimates

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Barclays’ revenue at the investment bank fell less than expected in turbulent markets and the firm avoids any new misconduct charges.

Staley: Barclays would consider full Africa unit sale

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Barclays would consider an offer for its entire 62% stake in the African banking unit that it’s selling down to boost capital, says CEO Jes Staley.

Barclays faces investment test

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Barclays CEO Jes Staley must convince investors he can improve the investment bank’s profits just as slumping trading revenue batters the industry.

Standard Chartered in first loss since 1989

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Bill Winters takes more “painful” steps to turn around Standard Chartered as the bank posted its first annual loss since 1989.

Barclays to debate Africa stake

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Barclays’ board will debate the future of its Africa business at meetings starting on Wednesday in London, and could sell the lot.

How Barclays spends its money

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Barclays must decide whether its capital is best deployed in Africa amid slowing growth in South Africa’s economy.

Barclays cuts profit target

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Third quarter profit drops 10 percent, missing analysts targets.

Barclays gets new CEO

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Barclays named former JPMorgan Chase & Co senior banker Jes Staley as chief executive officer.

Barclays finds ‘right man for the job’

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Barclays names former JPMorgan Chase heavyweight Jes Slaley as its new chief executive officer.

Standard Chartered to cut jobs

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Standard Chartered CEO Bill Winters is planning to cut about a quarter of senior staff, resulting in about 1 000 job cuts worldwide.

Standard Chartered losses to climb

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Standard Chartered’s losses on bad loans will climb faster than expected in the second half.

Barclays’ profit meets estimates

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Chairman John McFarlane set to step up the pace of cuts at Barclays as the bank reports profit in line with estimates.

UK cuts down Lloyds stake

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The UK government has sold 10 percent of Lloyds Banking Group in the past five months, reducing its stake to under 15 percent.

Delayed consumer payments processed - RBS

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The Royal Bank of Scotland has processed the 600 000 transactions that were delayed this week in its latest payments failure.

Currency rigging overshadows Barclays profit

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Barclays set aside an extra £750 million (R13. 51 billion) to cover the cost of settling the probe into alleged currency rigging and posted a 32 percent drop in ...

Gulliver seeks extreme solutions

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HSBC Chief Executive Officer Stuart Gulliver is facing calls to break up Europe’s largest bank.

Standard Chartered seeking successor for Sands?

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Shareholder pressure reportedly prompted Standard Chartered to seek a successor for Chief Executive Officer Peter Sands.

Scottish banks ‘likely to move’

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The Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds may leave Edinburgh, no matter how Scotland votes next week.

Top 600 EU firms sit on $1 trillion war chest

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Companies in Europe have amassed about $1 trillion (R10 trillion) through earnings, bond sales and by refinancing credit lines, foreshadowing a potential surge in ...