Barclays boss fined over £640k for 'serious errors of judgement' in whistleblowing case

New whistleblowing procedures for bank

Beth Brearley
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) have jointly fined chief executive of Barclays Group James Staley £642,430 for breaching individual conduct rules when he tried to identify the author of an anonymous letter to the bank in 2016.

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