Barclays Bank

Bob Diamond was forced to defend his salary this morning, after he failed to mention the subject at a high-profile lecture last night.

Bob Diamond, chief executive of Barclays, has said banks must accept responsibility for what went wrong during the financial crisis admitting they still had a long way to go to restore public trust.

Barclays reported Q3 profits rose 5%, beating estimates, despite the sovereign debt crisis hurting investment banking revenues.

Barclays is set to increase the maximum LTV of its Woolwich mortgage fixed rate range to 90% LTV from tomorrow.

Banks shares extended losses this afternoon as Fitch Ratings downgraded Lloyds and RBS' long-term credit rating from AA- to A and placed Barclays on a negative watch.

News that Greece will fail to meet deficit reduction targets pushed the FTSE 100 down 2.8% at open, dragging it below 5,000 points.

More complaints were made about Barclays than any other banking brand by UK customers in the first half of the year, FSA figures show.

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Banks led markets sharply lower in early trading after a long-awaited report from Sir John Vickers and the Independent Commission on Banking proposed a radical shake-up of the sector.

A Barclays bank manager investigated a colleague's £20,000 theft from a customer aged 95 - then stole £23,000 from the same pensioner by copying the crime.