IN BRIEF: Barclays Chair Nigel Higgins buys 200,000 shares
Barclays PLC - London-based consumer, business and investment bank - Chair Nigel Higgins buys 200,000 shares at GBP1.3867 each, worth GBP277,340, in London on Thursday.
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Barclays PLC - London-based consumer, business and investment bank - Chair Nigel Higgins buys 200,000 shares at GBP1.3867 each, worth GBP277,340, in London on Thursday.
Read more(Sharecast News) - London's financial markets finished with a mixed performance on Tuesday as investors considered key economic data and developments from both sides of the Atlantic.
Read more(Alliance News) - London's FTSE 100 got off to a slow start on Tuesday, with miners falling amid fears for the Chinese economy, while Barclays shares fell after Bloomberg reported Qatar is trimming its stake in the lender.
Read more(Sharecast News) - Banking giant Barclays was in the red early on Tuesday after its largest shareholder made moves to offload roughly £510.0m in shares.
Read more(Alliance News) - London's FTSE 100 is called to open lower on Tuesday, continuing a lacklustre start to the week, after tepid trade in New York overnight.
Read more(Sharecast News) - Lloyds Banking Group is to shut another 45 branches, it was confirmed on Thursday, as lenders continue to downsize their estates.
Read more(Alliance News) - Banking firm Barclays PLC is cutting 900 jobs in its UK business as it looks to slash costs in a "disgraceful" pre-Christmas move, trade union Unite has said.
Read more(Sharecast News) - London's stock markets finished in the red on Tuesday as investors deliberated over the latest shop price data, as well as a deluge of broker notes.
Read more(Alliance News) - Barclays PLC is exploring the possibility of dropping thousands of its investment bank clients - a quarter of its total - amid a strategic overhaul to bolster its bottom line and cut GBP1 billion of costs, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.
Read more(Sharecast News) - Barclays is reportedly exploring a plan to drop thousands of clients at its investment bank as part of a strategic overhaul that is meant to boost profits and cut £1bn of costs.
Read more(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are called lower on Tuesday, with a stronger pound likely to weigh on the FTSE 100.
Read more(Alliance News) - Metro Bank Holdings PLC is in talks to sell a GBP3 billion mortgage portfolio to Barclays PLC as part of its restructuring process in a bid to prevent collapse.
Read more(Sharecast News) - Banking giant Barclays has entered exclusive talks to acquire a large portfolio of residential mortgages from high street lender Metro Bank as it seeks approval for a wider refinancing aimed at saving it from collapse.
Read more(Alliance News) - Metro Bank Holdings PLC is in talks to sell a GBP3 billion mortgage portfolio to Barclays PLC as part of its restructuring process in a bid to prevent collapse.
Read moreArgo Blockchain PLC - London-based cryptocurrency miner - Hires Thomas Chippas as chief executive officer and board member, starting immediately. New York-based Chippas most recently was CEO of CBOE Digital, a crypto trading and clearing firm that is part of Cboe Global Markets Group. He also was CEO of Citadel Technology LLC and worked at financial firms Citigroup Inc, Barclays PLC and Deutsche Bank AG. "The pace of innovation in the bitcoin mining industry continues to increase as miners seek ever greater efficiency and capacity in preparation for the bitcoin halving and beyond," Chippas says.
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