Sources: BBC
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
British bank company Barclays announces that they plan to cut 19,000 jobs over the next 3 years and exit the retail bank market in Western Europe. 2014-05-8
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
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 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
Barclays chairman Marcus Agius is to resign following the Libor interest rate scandal. 2012-07-1
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
Bob Diamond, the chief executive of Barclays bank, refuses to resign over the bank's role in manipulating interest rates. 2012-06-29
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