Barclays Share News (BARC)

LONDON MARKET OPEN: Equity sell-off deepens and IMF rattles pound

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened lower on Wednesday, as another step up in Western tensions with Russia soured already fragile investor sentiment, while the pound struggled after the International Monetary Fund weighed in on UK tax and borrowing plans.

U.S. fines 16 Wall Street firms $1.8 bln for talking deals, trades on personal apps

Sept 27 (Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Tuesday fined 16 financial firms, including Barclays, Bank of America , Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs , Morgan Stanley and UBS, a combined $1.8 billion after staff discussed deals and trades on their personal devices and apps.

JPMorgan doubles down on UK retail bank Chase

LONDON, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Wall Street giant JPMorgan is planning to double the size of its workforce at fledgling British retail bank Chase to at least 2,000 within two years, the CEO of the venture told Reuters, despite losses and some investor scepticism.

U.S. fines 16 major Wall Street firms $1.1 billion over recordkeeping failures

Sept 27 (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday fined 15 broker-dealers and one investment adviser, including Barclays, Bank of America, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and UBS, a combined $1.1 billion over failing to maintain and preserve electronic communications.

OpenText completes debt financing ready for Micro Focus takeover

(Alliance News) - Micro Focus International PLC on Monday said that Open Text Corp has completed its debt financing commitments for Micro Focus's GBP5.1 million takeover.

Global rates, retail banking included in Bank of England stress test

LONDON, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Banks' ability to cope with rising global interest rates and the resilience of their retail divisions to market shocks will be under scrutiny in this year's "stress test", the Bank of England said on Monday.

Bank of England unveils new bank stress test scenario

LONDON, Sept 26 (Reuters) - The Bank of England set out the economic downturn scenario against which major British lenders' financial health will be tested as part of its annual bank "stress tests".

Iberdrola hires Barclays to sell stake in Spanish renewable portfolio, Expansion says

MADRID, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Spanish power company Iberdrola hired Barclays' investment bank to sell up to 49% in a portfolio of Spanish renewable power projects, Expansion newspaper reported on Monday, citing unidentified market sources.

Sabadell in talks with Worldline, Nexi and Fiserv for payments deal -sources

Received bids valuing unit at up to 400 mln euros, sources say

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Sabadell in talks with Worldline, Nexi and Fiserv for payments deal -sources

LONDON/MADRID, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Spanish bank Sabadell has received indicative bids from France's Worldline , Italy's Nexi and U.S. firm Fiserv for its payments arm, with a deal valued at up to 400 million euros ($393.64 million), three sources said.

UK govt considering QE change to avert £10bn payout to banks - report

(Sharecast News) - UK Prime Minister Liz Truss's new government has reportedly looked at changing the Bank of England's money-printing programme to save the UK taxpayer billions of pounds.

Sabadell UK unit TSB to give staff 1,000 pounds to cope with inflation

MADRID, Sept 21 (Reuters) - British lender TSB, unit of Spanish bank Sabadell, will pay a one-time 1,000 pound ($1,135) bonus to around 4,000 of its staff to help them cope with rising inflation, a Sabadell spokesperson said on Wednesday.

BNY Mellon, Warburg Group, Deutsche Bank to pay $60 mln in 'cum-ex' case

Sept 19 (Reuters) - Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Germany's Warburg Group and Deutsche Bank, will pay 60 million euros ($59.85 million) to German tax authorities over the country's "cum-ex" tax scandal, the German lender said on Monday.

IN BRIEF: VinaCapital appoints Barclays Bank as new adviser

VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund Ltd - UK-based Vietnam focused investment fund - Appoints Barclays to provide "investor engagement services". The appointment "complements" existing UK and European arrangement for investor engagement services provided to the company by Frostrow Capital and Numis Securities. Looks forward to Barclays's support in its "ongoing efforts to diversify the shareholder base to continue to attract global investors."

Prime brokers fight for clients after Credit Suisse's exit

NEW YORK, Sept 16 (Reuters) - The departure of Credit Suisse Group AG from the business of servicing hedge funds unleashed a battle for market share among banks, with the three biggest players getting bigger, according to prime brokers and new industry data.