Barclays Bank

Barclays has so far paid £194m to settle a US-led probe into payments made to countries or people on a sanctions list.

Barclays has posted profits of £3.95bn for the first half of 2010, up 44% on the same period last year.

Barclays Bank is sending female staff members into prisons across the country to recruit inmates as new customers.

Architas Multi-Manager, part of Axa UK, has appointed ex Barclays Wealth man Hans Georgeson as managing director.

Chancellor George Osborne has called for a tight rein on pay and bonuses and increased lending from the banks as they prepare to announce a recovery in profits this week.

Norwich & Peterborough (N&P) Building Society will no longer offer structured products to its customers after having its fingers burnt in the Keydata debacle.

The IFA industry has been abuzz this week following a BBC Money Watch programme highlighting the plight of thousands of customers mis-sold a ‘Balanced' fund by Barclays ‘salespeople'.

Barclays, RBS and Lloyds shares have all rocketed today on news the Basel Committee plans to water down its capital and liquidity reform package.

The UK's four major banks have passed EU stress tests, although five Spanish banks failed, the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) said.

A personal banker with Barclays in Bristol has been given a three year jail sentence after stealing £300,000 from two customers' accounts to buy himself a house.