Barclays

Barclays to merge BPay, Pingit products as banks fend off Apple

03/05/19

Barclays is preparing to merge its wearable mobile payments product BPay with its more popular Pingit app, after it struggled to attract users.

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U.S. may probe Swedbank; Bramson’s tougher road to board

03/01/19

The U.S. embassy wants to meet with Sweden’s financial regulator over AML concerns; revelation that he borrowed to buy Barclays shares doesn’t sit well with others.

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French AML ruling has ripples in U.S.; Barclays 4Q boosts Staley

02/21/19

If verdict stands, it could raise ceiling on anti-laundering penalties; better-than-expected results buy Barclays chief more time on current strategy.

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Citi plans machine takeover of call centers; Shareholders bail on two foreign banks

02/19/19

CEO Corbat says “thousands” of call center jobs may be lost; Barclays shareholder sells all stock in the bank and Deutsche’s biggest slashes its stake.

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How will rivals respond to JPM Coin?

02/14/19

Barclays, Bank of America, TD Bank and other banks have filed multiple blockchain patents over the years, but have yet to publicly announce their plans for the technology.

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CommonBond gets $750 million in lending funds from top banks

02/14/19

Barclays, BMO, Citibank, Goldman Sachs and ING contributed to the online student lender, which last year made over $1 billion in loans.

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Banks fleeing post-Brexit U.K. face fresh regulatory scrutiny

02/13/19

Global banks moving operations from the U.K. to the European Union because of Brexit are poised to face fresh regulatory scrutiny on the value of their assets and capital as the bloc's top watchdog seeks to curtail risks.

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Regulators find shortcomings in foreign banks' living wills

12/21/18

The Fed and FDIC found fault with resolution plans filed by four of the largest foreign lenders, though none of the shortcomings were severe enough to warrant rejecting the "living wills."

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Barclays’ penalty for whistleblower case; 1MDB case expands

12/19/18

Bank hit, but CEO Jes Staley escapes NYS fine for trying to unmask a whistleblower; Malaysia will pursue criminal complaints against Goldman in other countries.

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How (and why) Barclays keeps an eye on crypto activity

10/29/18

The bank, one of the few that do business with digital currency exchanges like Coinbase, has developed methods for monitoring all customers’ digital currency purchases.

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