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The British bank Barclays fires Chief Executive Antony Jenkins for his failure to reduce head count and the pace of cost cutting with Chairman John McFarlane to act as interim CEO until a replacement is appointed. The bank was recently convicted of earning billions through fraud as part of the LIBOR scandal
2015-07-8

Banking giant UBS is fined $1.5 billion for attempting to manipulate the Libor interbank lending rate, becoming the second international bank, after Barclays, to be fined over the Libor scandal.
2012-12-19

The UK's Serious Fraud Office launches an investigation into payments between Barclays and Qatar Holding LLC after Barclays sought investment from the latter during the financial crisis in 2008.
2012-08-29

Barclays appoints Sir David Walker as its new chairman following the Libor scandal.
2012-08-9

Moody's and Standard and Poor's lower their rating for Barclays from stable to negative in the wake of the Libor scandal.
2012-07-5

Bob Diamond, former CEO of Barclays, gives evidence to the Parliament of the United Kingdom's Treasury Select Committee on the bank's manipulation of Libor and Euribor interest rates.
2012-07-4

Bob Diamond resigns as the Chief Executive of British bank Barclays following a scandal in which the bank tried to manipulate the Libor and Euribor interest rates systems.
2012-07-3

The British government announces a parliamentary investigation into the Barclays Libor scandal, with reports hoped to be filed by the end of the year.
2012-07-2

The UK government announces an independent review of the workings of the Libor inter-bank lending rate in the wake of the Barclays scandal.
2012-06-30

British Prime Minister David Cameron says the management of Barclays faces "serious questions" about its role in distorting key interest rates to rig international markets.
2012-06-28