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MSE News: Barclays fined £2.45 million by watchdog

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"Barclays has been fined £2.45 million by the City watchdog for "serious weaknesses" at its investment banking arm, it was announced today.

This is the eighth-largest ever fine imposed by the Financial Services Authority (FSA)..."

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  • withnell
    withnell Posts: 1,629 Forumite
    Not a very big fine really, doesn't discourage it happening again!

    Don't quite see the relevance to bank accounts - it occured within their investment banking division
  • Is this really the right thing to be doing?! Its a well known fact that banks are struggling, so surely planting a fine on them isn't the correct course of action. New laws should be introduced that would allow the FSA to implement "orders" which forces banks such as Barclays to put correct systems in place, rather than just taking money off them.
    Student.
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    I would suggest that £2.45 million is about 1 minutes turnover for Barclays. Don't think they will lose much sleep.
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