BARCLAYS

Barclays beat forecasts with a small rise in third-quarter profit on Wednesday lifted by a record performance in fixed income trading, but costs and loan charges crept higher in a sign of ongoing challenges.

Regulators require finance companies to keep a record of vast swathes of staff communications to deter and uncover infringements such as insider trading.

Barclays' first-half profit fell more than expected due to a 1.9 billion pound ($2.3 billion) hit by regulatory missteps.

Barclays is seeking a Chinese banking partner to set up an asset management joint venture in the country, two people with knowledge of the matter said, as part of British lender's plans to expand its footprint in the world's second-largest economy.

Barclays Head of Macro Trading for EMEA and Asia Pacific, Nat Tyce, is leaving after more than 25 years, a staff memo seen by Reuters shows, after transforming the trading unit into one of the bank's highest-flying divisions.

Barclays had already been charged for "unlawful financial assistance" in relation to the fundraising in July.

Barclays, Credit Suisse, KBC, SIX, Thomson Reuters and UBS collaborate using Microsoft Azure for MiFID II data reconciliation project using Ethereum smart contracts.

Move follows warning by cybersecurity chiefs to government departments about Russian software.

The report, 'Distributed Ledger Technologies for Public Good: leadership, collaboration and innovation' was released this week by Lord Holmes of Richmond.

House prices in Manchester rose 7.9% compared to a year earlier in October, while prices in Birmingham were up 7.3%.

Barclays bank has warned customers about a rise in text-based phishing scams attempting to steal personal details, stressing it will never send out official links via SMS messages.

Barclays predicts adoption of new technologies like AI would lead to the creation of 101,000 jobs in the manufacturing sector over the next decade.

Profit before tax rises by nearly a third to £1.1bn between July and September, short of estimates for a profit of £1.4bn.

Settlement paid to 45 US states after investigation finds that Deutsche manipulated inter-bank lending rates.

Ram spent more than 22 years at Deutsche, including spell as head of transaction banking for the UK and Ireland.

Banks involved include Bangkok Bank, Barclays, BBVA, Bladex, BNP Paribas, Commerzbank, ING, RBS and Wells Fargo.

Six additional major banks have joined the Utility Settlement Coin project.

Banking giant books £2.5bn loss on sale of 33% in Barclays Africa Group and set aside £700m for PPI compensation.

British gamers also prefer UK-made games to those developed abroad.

Employers are being urged to hire more ex-military staff in a bid to utilise their skills.

The Serious Fraud Office has charged the bank and former executives over an £11.8bn fundraising.