Barclays boss Antony Jenkins has defended his decision to take an annual bonus for 2014, in a move helping his total pay package rise from £1.6m to £5.5m.

Barclays is to sell the bulk of its operations in Spain after agreeing a deal worth £630m with one of the country’s biggest banks.

Barclays Plc saw the volume of US shares traded at its ‘dark pool’ rise to the highest since it was sued by New York for allegedly lying to customers of the venue. 

Barclays boss Antony Jenkins faces one of the biggest tests of his leadership this month when he decides whether the bank, Britain’s third largest, should fight accusations it deceived and defrauded customers in the US.

Barclays’ boss Antony Jenkins today banished the ghost of Bob Diamond as he took an axe to highly-paid staff at the investment banking division built up by his predecessor.

Barclays, trying to stanch an exodus of senior dealmakers, posted a bigger- than-estimated drop in first-quarter profit as a fall in revenue from trading bonds, currencies, and commodities cut earnings from the investment bank by 49%.

Barclays has posted a 5% fall in profits for the first three months of the year as earnings from its investment bank slumped by half.

Barclays bosses will face more shareholder anger over pay tomorrow when the banking giant holds its annual general meeting in London.

Barclays looks set to axe hundreds more jobs, mainly at its investment banking arm, as a result of a strategic review which will report within weeks.

Barclays has revealed a profits haul of £5.2bn for 2013 after the banking giant took the unusual step of announcing its headline figures a day early.

Barclays, the UK’s second- largest bank by assets, has spoken with regulators, customers, and authorities about what appears to be a criminal leak of customer account information.

Barclays chief executive Antony Jenkins and HSBC chairman Douglas Flint said the financial system’s safety has improved in the past five years, splitting delegates at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

A mammoth fundraising by Barclays has received strong support after 95% of the shares in the £5.8bn (€6.8bn) rights issue were taken up.

A mammoth fundraising by Barclays has received strong support after 95% of the shares in the £5.8bn rights issue were taken up.

Lloyds Banking Group investors are betting that UK house prices will continue to rise across the country as the economy recovers.

Barclays finance director Chris Lucas is stepping down at the end of this week after bringing forward his departure from the bank by six months due to ill health.

Concerns about a multi-billion pound share issue and more provisions for mis-selling weighed heavily on Barclays today.

Barclays will, this week, say how it plans to meet tougher UK rules on capital, while strong earnings from Lloyds Banking Group will pave the way for Britain to sell some of its shares in the bank.

Barclays’ first quarter profits have slumped by a quarter as the cost of its overhaul weighs on the bank.

Barclays investment banking chief Rich Ricci landed an £18m windfall today after the bank handed out mammoth share awards to top bosses.

London's blue chip index failed to find direction today as investors sat tight ahead of news from the eurozone and economic data this week.

British bank Barclays is to close a profitable but controversial tax advisory business as part of an attempt by its new chief executive to clean up the bank’s image.

Barclays boss Antony Jenkins will attempt to break from the bank’s scandal-hit past this week by announcing the closure of its tax avoidance unit and the cull of around 2,000 investment banking jobs, it was reported today.

Barclays boss Antony Jenkins said he was "shredding" the legacy left by his predecessor Bob Diamond as he confirmed bonuses will be slashed following another £1bn (€1.15bn) provision to cover mis-selling scandals..

Banking giant Barclays is facing more boardroom upheaval after announcing that its finance director since 2007 is to leave the group.

London’s top flight index resumed its new year rally today as it was cheered by encouraging data from both sides of the Atlantic.

Scandal-hit Barclays is reportedly in talks with shareholders over plans to pay its new boss a seven-figure bonus.

Barclays’ staff were today told to sign up to an ethical code of conduct or quit, as part of the British bank’s crusade to repair its battered reputation.

New Barclays boss Antony Jenkins insisted the bank was in good shape today despite a torrent of reputation-scarring scandals and a £47 million quarterly loss.

British lender Barclays has today called for a new industry body to be formed with the power to ban rogue bankers in the wake of the rate rigging scandal.

Barclays’ new chief executive today signalled plans to shrink the investment banking arm that dominated the reign of predecessor Bob Diamond.

Barclays handed the job of restoring its tarnished reputation to an insider today as another scandal threatened to engulf the UK bank.

Under-fire banking giant Barclays today named its retail and business banking boss Antony Jenkins as chief executive.

Britain's Barclays bank paid millions of pounds in compensation to its credit card boss for reneging on a promised promotion as rumours mount over tensions at the bank’s helm, it was reported today.

The head of Barclays’ UK operation sparked a major reshuffle at the banking giant today by announcing plans to quit his £1.3m (€1.9m) a year job.