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Done deal: FNB Zambia CEO Kapumpe Chola and Stanchart Zambia CEO Sonny Zulu after signing the deal that saw FNB acquire Stanchart WRB business. Photo: FNB Zambia
ABSA GROUP

Major shift in African banking

As foreign banks retreat from the continent, local lenders are stepping up to fill the gap

  • Reginald Ntomba
4 min read
BOB DIAMOND

Ex-Barclays chief aims to lure investors back to Zim

A banking mogul has promised to help return investors spooked by Zimbabwe’s asset seizures and local-ownership laws, says minister Patrick Chinamasa.

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
BARCLAYS BANK

Bob Diamond’s Atlas Mara buys bank in 1st Africa purchase

The investment firm has begun building what it hopes will be Africa’s premier financial service group.

  • Andre Janse Van Vuuren
  • Godfrey Marawanyika
2 min read
Barclays has paid a fine of £290-million for its role in manipulating the London interbank offer rate.
BARCLAYS BANK

Ex-Barclays executive to be grilled by MPs

Jerry del Missier, who resigned from Barclays Bank, will face a select committee as the US considers launching a criminal inquiry into the scandal.

  • Guardian Reporter
4 min read
Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond quit after it became apparent that he no longer had the support of the United Kingdom’s financial regulators.
BARCLAYS

An ode to Bob, a diamond cut right down to size

Kevin Davie says he wants to be Bob Diamond in his next life. Precisely Bob Diamond in the period he was a top executive at Barclays.

  • Kevin Davie
2 min read
Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond quit after it became apparent that he no longer had the support of the United Kingdom’s financial regulators.
BANK OF ENGLAND

King aced Barclays top executive

The Bank of England’s governor intervened to ensure that Bob Diamond vacated his post, writes Jill Treanor.

  • Jill Treanor
4 min read
Former Barclays Capital chief executive Bob Diamond is confronted by the press after giving evidence to the British treasury select ­committee in London this week.
BANKS

In the vortex of a global bank row

The Tories have seized on ideas that ministers gave Barclays the nod over its manipulation of interest rates, writes Nicholas Watt and Jill Treanor.

  • Nicholas Watt
  • Jill Treanor
6 min read
Former CEO of Barclays Bob Diamond said he was “physically ill” when he learned the full detail of what happened at Barclays.
BARCLAYS BANK

Diamond ‘physically ill’ after hearing of actions at Barclays

Former Barclays CEO Bob Diamond criticised "reprehensible" behaviour over a rate-fixing scandal in his first public hearing since quitting.

  • Katy Lee
4 min read
Former CEO of Barclays Bob Diamond said he was “physically ill” when he learned the full detail of what happened at Barclays.
BARCLAYS BANK

Diamond faces grilling over Barclays debacle

Bob Diamond will face tough questions from UK officials after quitting as Barclays chief executive amid the interest rate scandal scalp-hunt.

  • Katy Lee
3 min read
Former CEO of Barclays Bob Diamond said he was “physically ill” when he learned the full detail of what happened at Barclays.
BARCLAYS BANK

Barclays boss Bob Diamond quits in interest-rate scandal

Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond has quit over an interest rate-rigging scandal, the latest in a probe spanning a dozen major banks.

  • Reuters
1 min read
Barclays chief in the pound seats
BARCLAYS

Barclays chief in the pound seats

Barclays bank chief executive Bob Diamond received nearly £20-million last year even though the bank’s profits fell and this has angered trade unions.

  • Jill Treanor
3 min read