Hundreds of thousands of customers of Barclays and Santander have taken payment holidays on credit cards, personal loans and mortgages, the banks revealed in results today. At the same time, official figures from the Bank of England show households have cleared billions of pounds of debt over the last few months. Britain’s third-largest mortgage lender … Read more
A decade of misery for Britain’s savers has been capped off by cuts to easy access rates which now mean that savers can get no more than £1 interest for every £10,000 saved at any of the High Street banks. Barclays has followed HSBC, Lloyds Bank, NatWest and Santander in slashing the rate on its … Read more
A former Barclays boss nicknamed himself ‘pooper scooper’ to a more senior manager known as ‘big dog’, a High Court judge has heard. Stephen Jones discussed his hierarchical relationship with Roger Jenkins, then the bank’s executive chairman of Middle East business, in a 2008 phone call with a colleague, Mr Justice Waksman was told. Mr … Read more
Stephen Jones, who worked in Barclays’ investment banking division, made the comment about Amanda Staveley (pictured) in a telephone call with another then bank boss in October 2008, a High Court judge was today told A financier who is fighting a £1.6billion legal battle with banking giant Barclays has accepted an apology from a former … Read more
Staveley was simply ‘promoting herself’: High-flying financier branded a publicity seeker in High Court case against Barclays By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 15 July 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 15 July 2020 High-flying financier Amanda Staveley has been branded a publicity seeker as her High Court case against Barclays was … Read more
Barclay’s dealmaker Roger ‘Big Dog’ Jenkins leaves with a £50m payoff after helping bank secure a multi-billion pound bailout By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 13 July 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 13 July 2020 Barclays dealmaker Roger ‘Big Dog’ Jenkins walked away from the bank with a £50million pay-off for … Read more
Businesswoman, 47, Amanda Staveley was branded a ‘dolly bird’ and ‘tart’ by two Barclays bosses in call about unsecured £2bn loan to Qatari investors at height of 2008 crash, High Court hears Court was given Barclays bosses Richard Boath and Roger Jenkins call transcript Amanda Staveley claims the bank owes her £1.6billion over a Qatari deal Boath referred … Read more
Following the sudden death of my husband, Barclays Partner Finance has been by far the worst and most unsympathetic company I have had to deal with. We had an interest-free loan in my late husband’s name relating to a gas boiler. I wanted to settle the £2,252 balance but it took me more than a … Read more
Former Barclays boss rejects suggestion he ‘deceived’ board during 2008 financial crisis By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:04 BST, 6 July 2020 | Updated: 22:20 BST, 6 July 2020 A former Barclays boss has rejected a suggestion he ‘deceived’ the board during the 2008 crisis. John Varley was giving evidence at a … Read more
Staveley case: Barclays paid Qataris to ‘help set up other deals’ By Helen Cahill For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:30 BST, 4 July 2020 | Updated: 22:58 BST, 4 July 2020 Barclays paid Qatari investors extra fees in its 2008 bailout because it expected them to help set up other deals, its former chief … Read more