Barclays

John Godfrey Scotland saw a drop in prosperity over the last year, reflecting uneven rates of growth in affluence across the UK, according to the third edition of the annual UK Prosperity Map from Barclays Wealth & Investments.

Amiqus CEO Callum Murray (centre) with Amiqus team members Kirsty Black (left) and Laura Westring (right) Barclays has named a Leith-based tech company as regional winner for Scotland and Northern Ireland in the start-up category of the bank's annual Entrepreneur Awards.

Barclays' outgoing chief executive, Antony Jenkins Barclays, which employs around 3,000 people in Scotland, may be planning to cut more British jobs, according to a newspaper report.

Barclays has offered £250 in compensation to around 2,000 customers whose personal information was found on a USB stick recovered from a flat in England. The data theft was discovered last February.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is expected to issue Barclays with its biggest-ever fine as part of the penalties meted out to banks involved in a currency rigging scandal. The fine will pale in value against the massive payments to be made to US institutions.