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Barclays (BARC.L), opens new tab on Friday won its bid to more than halve a shareholders’ lawsuit worth up to 560 million pounds ($727 million) at London’s High Court for allegedly misleading the market about its private "dark pool" trading platforms.

Barclays helped raise nearly $2bn for companies running highly polluting coal-fired power plants in the US, exposing an “enormous loophole” in its climate policy.

The Bank of England finally cut its base rate from 5.25% to 5% - the first time there has been a reduction since March 2020 and this is good news for those with a variable mortgage

Barclays (BARC.L),NatWest and Lloyds are among seven banks to share customer data with the National Crime Agency (NCA) in the largest project of its kind worldwide to tackle criminal gangs, money laundering and "dirty money" flowing through the country.

This week alone Barclays, Halifax, First Direct, Nationwide and Virgin Money have all announced changes to their home deals while last week HSBC, Yorkshire Building Society, and Santander also lowered mortgage rates

Following protests from fans and artists, the bank Barclays has pulled its sponsorship from festivals including Download, Latitude and the Isle of Wight festival.

Barclays denies investment in Israeli firms with links to the arms trade as at least 20 of its branches are vandalised in attacks overnight that also involved climate activists.

Labour has warned that many communities have been turned into ’banking deserts’ as branches disappear from high streets without there being any alternatives nearby

Retailers have suffered poor retail sales due to the wet weather with toy sales the only bright spot as parents tried to keep their children entertained indoors

MPs on the Treasury Committee gathered the information as part of a probe into how many small to medium businesses face being debanked

The figures were based on Barclays debit card and Barclaycard credit card transactions made by consumers

There are already 249 high street bank closures scheduled to take place in 2024, including 49 happening next month by Barclays, Halifax, Lloyds, NatWest and Ulster Bank

The Big Four banks' profit gains were made off soaring interest rates, which have cost households hundreds more in mortgage and rental costs - corporations put profits ahead of people

Lloyds has become the first UK bank to set aside hundreds of millions of pounds in case it has to compensate car finance customers, amid a major investigation into whether people overpaid on their loans

Lloyds Banking Group was the last to report its annual results as it today revealed it made a record £7.5billion last year - a more than 50% leap on 2022

The bank is aiming to save about £1 billion from making the bank more efficient this year, and targeting about £2 billion worth of savings in total by 2026

In the last quarter, its profit dropped by 92% from £1.3 billion the previous year to £110 million

Transactions at florists were up by 10.4% annually on February 13, the day before Valentine's Day, Barclays said

The UK's biggest banks are set to report record-high profits after a year that saw lenders benefit from higher borrowing costs, as they face questions over the outlook for the year ahead

The Women's Super League's current £7.75million-a-year broadcast deal is set to expire at the end of this season with more than half of matches broadcast for free on the FA's website

A major high street institution is set to close its branch in a seaside town dubbed 'Costa Del Dole' due to what it describes as 'changes in customer behaviour'

The bank has pledged to focus capital on supporting energy companies to decarbonise

The banking giant expects to pay roughly £600million for the credit cards, loans, savings and operating systems of the UK's largest supermarket

The London-headquartered firm founded by Conservative peer Lord Peter Cruddas said it was cutting its global workforce by about 17% to "drive efficiencies and control costs"

Bristol City Women sit bottom of the league table and have not won a game at home but the club are creating one of Europe's highest average attendances by making matchdays different than your average