Barclays' hard-sell tactics label customers as 'conquests'

Laura Miller
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Mercenary sales practices used by bank staff have been uncovered in an internal document leaked by a Barclays sales manager.

Customers are viewed as 'conquests', with advisers incentivised to sell riskier investments, or more expensive, profitable products, the confidential document leaked to the Daily Mail shows. Persuading a customer to invest their savings in the stock market is 100 times more lucrative for salesmen than advising them to cautiously put their money in a savings account, the document reveals. A salesman will earn 18p for each £1,000 put into a cash ISA, but £18.20 for each £1,000 invested in the stock market. Those who persuade a customer to sign up to Barclays Private Banking investment s...

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