Legacy issues continue to plague Barclays
UK bank’s efforts to change culture hampered by historic incidents
Record £9bn spending on contactless cards as popularity soars
Spending in first six months rose to £9.27bn, more than total spend of £7.75bn for whole of 2015
High Street banks target high rollers with premium services
Competition with wealth managers to service the needs of weathiest customers
Gold is no safe port in this storm
Cash and short-term government bonds are better retreats in this particular storm
Make a career of interim roles to work smarter
More managers are set to have a stage of working short-term contracts
South Africa’s plans for its first ‘black bank’
Regulators must look carefully at the implications of Absa purchase
Barclays criminal probe to last until at least early 2017
Bank being investigated over disclosures of payments to Qatari investors
Barclays UK sees digital technology as crucial to its future
Chief executive Ashok Vaswani says shift will ‘make customers’ lives easier’
Barclays’ African sale shows decline of universal banking model
Tougher action at the low-return investment arm would have been a better option, writes Philip Augar
Cartel fines in US and China rise to record levels
US Department of Justice levied $2.85bn in antitrust penalties in 2015
Barclays: out of Africa
The chief executive needs to send a very clear signal about whether he wants to be there or not
Ten developments in digital finance
Innovations include blockchain technology, wearables and monetising data
Safe bet that we have not heard last of Barclays’ £1.9bn deal
Record fine over Qatari investment deal leaves many questions
Policymakers urged to repair regulatory damage and promote City
Barclays chairman wants to revive meetings of key politicians and financiers
Small businesses warn against court fee rise
Lawyers share concerns about plan to raise maximum fee for issuing civil suits to £20,000
Wealthy deterred from impact investing
Fewer than one in ten investors have backed such schemes, says Barclays poll
Barclays considers acquisition to help split off retail arm
Plan underlines how bank faces bigger challenge than rivals to comply with ‘ringfencing’ law
Wearable devices offer bank customers new ways to pay
Barclaycard unveils trio of devices for contactless payments
Barclays Africa set to expand with stake in Kenyan insurer
Group takes 63% of First Assurance to broaden presence and boost revenues
