Barclays

Barlcays is to cut around 450 jobs in the UK, including a third of its private bankers.

Barclays' pre-tax profits have fallen 26% in Q3 as a drop in trading revenue and its ongoing restructuring programme hit growth.

Some savers with up to £500,000 in their account will have their money fully protected by the government if their bank fails, under new European rules.

Barclays is considering controversial plans to dodge a new bonus cap from Brussels.

Barclays head of compliance Hector Sants is taking a leave of absence due to a diagnosis of stress and exhaustion.

Hargreaves Lansdown is in position to be a £39bn beneficiary of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), according to Barclays.

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Barclays will sell £300m of leftover stock on the open market today after almost 95% of shareholders took the opportunity to buy up discounted shares during its rights issue.

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Barclays bank will stop offering wealth management services in 130 countries by 2016, citing higher costs and increased regulatory burdens.