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Barclays is betting it can revive its wilting share price by upping investment in a crop of its smaller businesses including U.S. credit cards, sources familiar with the matter said. But some of its...

Barclays is betting it can revive its wilting share price by upping investment in a crop of its smaller businesses including U.S. credit cards, sources familiar with the matter said. But some of its...

Barclays is betting it can revive its wilting share price by upping investment in a crop of its smaller businesses including U.S. credit cards, sources familiar with the matter said. Chief Executive C.S. Venkatakrishnan is studying plans to allocate more capital to the bank's wealth management, U.S. credit card and global payments activities to boost returns, according to people familiar with his thinking and reported here for the first time, after drafting in Boston Consulting G...

Barclays is betting it can revive its wilting share price by upping investment in a crop of its smaller businesses including U.S. credit cards, sources familiar with the matter said. But some of its top shareholders would prefer the quicker fix of a buyback.

As the tug of war around post-Brexit regulation goes on, those in the City calling for looser regulation have found their match in the UK Treasury.

Shareholders risk losing their voting rights if plans to attract fast-growing companies to the UK are given the green light, bodies representing investors have warned.  Two sweeping reviews commissioned by the Government are expected to propose shake-ups to London Stock Exchange rules to attract technology titans and entrepreneurs.  One review, led by former Worldpay boss Ron Kalifa, will recommend that financial technology companies can float just a 10 per cent stake in their business, rathe...