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If Sir Mervyn King can arrange for Bob Diamond’s demise at Barclays, even though he was cleared of personal wrongdoing over Libor, why not exercise a little more coercive power over banks lending money into the real economy?
Jon Snow
MPs on the Treasury Select Committee have a chance this afternoon to do a little to remedy their own disparate efforts to question Barclays’ Bob Diamond. Diamond walked all over them.
As the Governor of the Bank of England launches a scathing attack on banks, Bob Diamond, the embattled chief executive of Barclays Bank, says he will not resign.
As the value of bank shares fall sharply in the wake of the Barclay’s banking rates scandal, the government is exploring ways to toughen up the criminal system and Bob Diamond breaks his silence.
Barclays’ chief executive Bob Diamond has received £6.5 million to become Britain’s best paid bank boss. Siobhan Kennedy says the pay out makes a mockery of the Merlin agreement.
Barclays boss Bob Diamond tells MPs banks should be “allowed to fail”, and that the credit crunch “blame game” is over – but pledges to show restraint in bonus season, as Siobhan Kennedy writes.
They used to call him Saint Antony. But after three years, Barclays chief executive Antony Jenkins lost his holy mantle, Helia Ebrahimi writes.
As HSBC is accused of helping companies evade taxes, Channel 4 News looks at five other banking controversies since the financial crash.
There are many on my Twitter stream who find it grotesque that the supposed “masters of the universe” who failed to create a safe financial world order are still on top.
For the first time ever, more women than men have been honoured in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours list. Awardees include actress Penelope Keith, cleaners and an NHS whistleblower.
Eight banks, including RBS, are fined a record 1.7bn euros for colluding to rig interest rates, but Barclays escapes punishment after blowing the whistle on the practice.
Barclays is cooperating with regulators reviewing alleged manipulation of currency rates as it reports profits from its investment banking arm fell by half in the third quarter.
Outgoing Bank of England Governor Sir Mervyn King’s insistence that banks shore up their balance sheets met with widespread resistance – but Barclays is leading the way.
Britain’s largest mutual bank pulls out of a deal to buy 600 Lloyds bank branches, leaving the high street to the big four banks. But does it signal the end of the ethical banking revolution?
The controversial and aptly named head of Barclays investment arm Rich Ricci has left the bank, but not before he was able to cash in nearly £18 million in shares just weeks ago.