The latest Investing Matters Podcast episode featuring Jeremy Skillington, CEO of Poolbeg Pharma has just been released. Listen here.
Scamp
I have a question which you maybe able to answer
If say D.K was to takeover RM, would he still need to oblige to agreements in place, so for example the universal postal obligations to deliver mail 6 days a week
I would believe Barc would need to seriously reduce the amount of shares in issue if the SP is to go above £3.
Also worth noting interest rate rises may well benefit retail side of the bank, but not so much investment banking, swings in roundabouts for Barc.
Like you optimism, well you never know.
Amazon partners with Barclays to allow customers to make payments in instalments in the UK.
Starting 17th December Instalments by Barclays will offer flexible payment method helping customers to finance purchases of more than £100. Finance options would be on terms between 3 - 48 months at 10.9% APR.
Sounds like a good partnership, opens up the possibility of offering the same in the U.S.
Barclays gets Australian banking licence in expansion push
UK-based Barclays Plc said on Monday it had received approval from Australia's prudential regulator to operate as a foreign bank in the country, as the lender continues its expansion into high-growth markets.
"basic rate payers would be up to £750 better off each year"
Really...What with the 1.5% rise in NI, a 2% rise would not make much of a difference.
Give with one hand and then take away with the other.
Tories need to be voted out.
We need tax cuts now not 2 years down the line
Hopefully with the tide turning in interest rates, this should bode well for dividend payouts, margins increase and little more bottom line profit for the banks to distribute out. I just hope the new CEO can drive Barclays successfully.
Hopefully with the tide turning in interest rates, this should bode with for dividend payouts, margin increase and little more bottom line profit for the banks to distribute out. I just hope the new CEO can drive Barclays successfully.
Barclays is taking on buy now/pay later fintechs such as Klarna that have expanded rapidly in the U.K. by offering short-term, interest-free installment loans to consumers. And Amazon is indirectly tied to the effort.
Barclays is reportedly working on a partnership with Amazon to offer interest-bearing installment loans for the e-commerce giant’s U.K. customers. Barclays has provided interest-free installment loans for iPhones with Apple U.K. since 2019.
Barclays has appointed Antony Stephen, former head of Amazon Payments Europe, as CEO of Barclays Partner Finance, which provides U.K. consumers with point-of-sale financing and installment loans for higher-value purchases such as home improvements and furniture.