Barclays offers compensation to customers left waiting for Covid loans

Barclays £100 compensation offer to small business owners left waiting for Bounce Back loans branded ‘insulting’ By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 13 May 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 13 May 2020 Barclays has begun to offer compensation to customers who were left waiting over a week for their lifeline Bounce … Read more

Barclays leaves small firms waiting for loans

Barclays leaves small firms waiting for loans with many still unable to even make an application By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 6 May 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 6 May 2020 Barclays customers who are desperate for one of the Government’s new ‘bounce back’ loans are still waiting to even … Read more

Edward Bramson’s stalking of Barclays bank reaps him £7m in fees 

Edward Bramson’s stalking of Barclays bank reaps him £7m in fees since securing support from investors Bramson is trying for a place on Barclays’ board at its shareholder meeting  He helped build a 5.5% stake in the bank with backing from major institutions Bramson will earn a hefty fee from the vehicle he set up to … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Barclays’ £750 interest-free overdraft buffer

Barclays announces £750 interest-free buffers for anyone with a pre-agreed overdraft from May 1 until July 9 to help borrowers suffering in Covid-19 crisis Customers with pre-agreed overdraft limits will benefit from the new deal  The interest free option applies to the first £750 of the agreed overdraft limit A temporary interest rate of 19.51% … Read more

Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland hammered with share of £71m fine

Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland hammered with share of £71m fine by the Swiss watchdog over currency rigging Citigroup,  JPMorgan and MUFG Bank are the other three banks implicated Switzerland’s WEKO said it uncovered ‘several anti-competitive practices’ By Press Association Published: 11:56 BST, 6 June 2019 | Updated: 12:09 BST, 6 June 2019 Barclays … Read more

Campaigners say Barclays ‘pulling wool over eyes of shareholders’ with environmental claims

Campaigners say Barclays ‘pulling wool over eyes of shareholders’ with its commitment to being more environmentally friendly By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:10 BST, 30 March 2020 | Updated: 22:10 BST, 30 March 2020 Barclays is ‘pulling the wool over the eyes of shareholders’ with its commitment to being more environmentally friendly, … Read more

Travel firms ‘strangled’ by Barclays threats: Payments withheld over collapse fears

Travel firms ‘strangled’ by Barclays threats: Payments withheld over collapse fears By James Salmon for the Daily Mail Published: 21:52 BST, 29 March 2020 | Updated: 22:17 BST, 29 March 2020 The travel industry has accused Barclays of ‘strangling’ firms by demanding they hand over millions of pounds in case they collapse.  While the High … Read more

Halifax and Barclays scrap new mortgages below 40% deposit

Two of Britain’s biggest banks have pulled new mortgages for all but those with the biggest deposits or sizeable equity in their homes. Barclays and Halifax have both stopped selling all mortgages above 60 per cent loan-to-value this week, as the housing market grinds to a halt amid the coronavirus outbreak.  The move triggered by … Read more

SFO admits it threw £12m at failed prosecution of Barclays bankers

Serious Fraud Office admits it threw £12m at failed prosecution of senior Barclays bankers By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 13 March 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 13 March 2020 The Serious Fraud Office has admitted it spent £12.2million on its failed prosecution of senior Barclays bankers – up to £3million … Read more