Barclays
Barclays : takes extra £700-mn hit from insurance mis-sell
Barclays said it was setting aside a further £700 million ($1.13 billion, 862 million euros) to compensate clients mis-sold insurance by the embattled British...
Barclays bank first-half net profit slides 38% to £1.5 bln
British bank Barclays announced its first half net profit slid 38 per cent as investment division revenues fell and after it set aside £1.0...
Barclays sells assets to Axa Private Equity
British bank Barclays announced it had agreed to sell a package of private equity interests, worth 520 million euros ($753 million), to an affiliate...
FSA : temporary extension for some PPI complaints granted
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) today agreed to temporary arrangements for Barclays, Lloyds Banking Group and RBS to handle Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) complaints....
Which? : acknowledges Barclay’s lead on PPI mis-sellings
Barclays announces that custommers who have been mis-sold Payment Protection Insurance will be compensated on a “no questions asked” basis. Peter Vicary-Smith, Which? Chief...
FSA : reports on complaints
An FSA report showed combined complaints against Coutts and Towry breached the 2,000 mark in the second half of 2010.
The study also showed leading...
Featured /PPI : CC confirms point-of-sale prohibition
The Competition Commission (CC) has confirmed that it will introduce a remedies package based around a point-of-sale prohibition for all forms of payment protection...
Barclays renews general insurance deal with Aviva to provide home insurance until 2015
Aviva and Barclays are pleased to announce the renewal of their existing contract for Aviva to continue to be the sole provider of home...
Banking Barclays and HSBC to give results
Banking giants Barclays and HSBC should confirm a widening gap in performance with their part-nationalised counterparts when they report third quarter figures on Tuesday.
The...
Barclays buys insurer Standard Life for £226 million
Barclays bought the bank arm of insurer Standard Life for 226 million pounds on Monday to build up its mortgage and savings business.
The country's...
Barclays set to learn payment protection insurance (PPI) decision
Barclays is due to find out if it has been successful in its bid to lift a future ban on the sale of controversial...
Competition Commission to propose measures for Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) market
The Competition Commission (CC) has today published a draft order for consultation setting out how measures to introduce competition into the Payment Protection Insurance...
Barclays and CNP agree life insurance joint venture in Spain, Portugal and Italy
Barclays Bank PLC and CNP Assurances SA have agreed to establish a long-term life insurance joint venture in Spain, Portugal and Italy. As part...
Barclays, Lloyds TSB, The CoOp Bank and RBS/Natwest…stop selling consumers PPI cover on loans
Time for unfair single premium PPI to be scrapped, says Paymentcare.co.uk
The decision by several major lenders to pull out of selling single premium payment...
