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UK competition body expected to call for clearer bank fees

* Watchdog unlikely to recommend bank break-ups * Findings due to be published next Thursday * Executives at smaller banks want more transparency * Scrapping 'free' banking seen as politically unpalatable By Matt Scuffham LONDON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Britain's competit

London Stock Exchange In New Derivatives Venture With Banks And CBOE

LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: Chinese Bank Loan Data Prop Up UK Stocks

UPDATE 1-UK banks to need 3.3 bln pounds more capital under BoE plan

(Adds comments, details, shares) By Steve Slater and David Milliken LONDON, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Britain's big banks will need to hold billions of pounds of extra capital when they have to separate their domestic high street banking operations from risky areas, the Bank of England said

REPEAT: Banks Face Higher Capital Levels Under Ring-Fencing Rules

Banks Face Higher Capital Levels Under Ring-Fencing Rules

Bank of England sets GBP2.2bn retail bank ring-fencing requirement

(ShareCast News) - Proposals by the Bank of England would require the UK's big banks to hold up to £3.3bn of capital under new ring-fencing rules designed to make their retail operations more resilient to potential market crashes. From 1 January 2019, banks with core deposits greater than £25bn from

TSB boss calls for UK banks to make charges clearer

LONDON, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Britain's banks should be required to tell customers how much they've paid for their banking services each month, the chief executive of TSB said on Thursday. Paul Pester also said the industry needs to make it easier for customers with overdrafts to switch betwee

PRESS: Banks Face Ring-Fencing Capital Bombshell - Sky News

New Barclays CEO faces early challenge to fix wealth arm

By Steve Slater and Sinead Cruise LONDON, Oct 13 (Reuters) - The new chief executive of British bank Barclays, expected to be former JPMorgan banker Jes Staley, faces an early challenge in deciding what to do in wealth management after a decade of disappointment. Most scrutiny is on

London close: Stocks close lower on UK deflation, weak Chinese trade data

(ShareCast News) - The FTSE 100 ended down 28.90 points to 6,342.28 on Tuesday as September data showed the UK experienced deflation and China's exports and imports declined. The Office for National Statistics said the UK consumer price index fell 0.1% year-on-year last month, compared to analysts'

LONDON MARKET CLOSE: Weak Chinese Trade Data Takes Steam Out Of Rally

UPDATE 5-Barclays set to name former JPMorgan banker Staley as new CEO

* Appointment to signal renewed focus on investment bank * Staley ran JPMorgan's investment bank, asset management * Role has been vacant since Jenkins was axed in July * Shares dip 2.6 pct in weak banking sector (Adds statement from Barclays, updates shares) By Lawrence

FTSE 100 movers: SAB surges on AB InBev agreement; Royal Mail slumps

(ShareCast News) - London's FTSE 100 was down 1.1% by mid afternoon at 6,304.21 as uninspiring Chinese trade figures and UK inflation data weighed on investors' minds. London-listed brewer SABMiller surged after it agreed in principle to a possible £44 per share takeover offer from Belgium-based Anh

Barclays Says Not Yet Concluded CEO Search Amid Jes Staley Reports