All Africa (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
LEADING local artistes have been lined up to welcome the Premiership trophy on its maiden visit to Uganda on May 30, courtesy of Barclays Bank.
Times Online (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
The news will be a huge blow to BarCap. In an internal email sent to staff yesterday, the investment banking arm of Britain's Barclays bank said Mr Goettler, who is head of US debt capital markets and investment banking for the Americas, has retired from Barcap "due to his wife's continuing struggle with multiple sclerosis".
All Africa (Free subscription) | 05/05/2008
BARCLAYS Bank's net profits fell by sh6b in 2007 due to a rise in provisioning for bad loans and higher operating expenses.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 05/05/2008
The first details of the cost of Barclays Bank's ambitious expansion strategy in Uganda emerged last week with the release of the bank's figures for 2007, which showed a stunning 80 per cent drop in profit-before-tax, from Ush24 billion ($13.7 million) the previous year to Ush4.8 billion ($2.7 million).
New Vision (Free subscription) | 05/04/2008
BARCLAYS Bank's net profits fell by sh6b in 2007 due to a rise in provisioning for bad loans and higher operating expenses. A financial statement shows that net profit in 2006 was sh15.9b.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 05/04/2008
Barclays has held secret talks with an investment fund backed by the Korean government as it explores potential options for raising billions of pounds in fresh capital.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 05/01/2008
Use our pull-down menus to find more stories web allafrica.com Enter your search terms Submit search form OR subscribers use AllAfrica's Uganda: Five Barclays Bank Customers Off to Watch Man United Versus West Ham Match At Old Trafford This Page This Page on this article (Kampala)2 May 2008Posted to the web 1 May 2008Innocent Ndawula & Ismail D. KigongoKampalaFive winners in the "Barclays Triple...
worldwide-news.net (Free subscription) | 04/29/2008
Barclays Bank has been accused of providing “personal banking services” for up to four members of Robert Mugabe’s regime who have benefited from the controversial land-grabs from white farmers in Zimbabwe. Go to news source
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 04/29/2008
Barclays Bank has been accused of providing "personal banking services" for up to four members of Robert Mugabe's regime who have benefited from the controversial land-grabs from white farmers in Zimbabwe.
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 04/25/2008
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Fitch Ratings on Friday downgraded Barclays PLC's and Barclays Bank PLC's long-term foreign currency issuer default rating to AA from AA+. As a result, Fitch said the ratings outlook for Barclays is stable. "Today's downgrade is due to earnings and risk volatility in the bank's wholesale and investment banking unit, Barclays Capital, which is currently arising...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 04/25/2008
Barclays Bank has ridiculed suggestions that it is planning an imminent rights issue, as it attempts to draw a clear line between its own position and that of Royal Bank of Scotland.
FT.com - Europe homepage (Free subscription) | 04/24/2008
John Varley, chief executive of Barclays Bank, will tell shareholders at the annual meeting later on Thursday that trading conditions got tougher in March, but the bank, including its investment banking divisions, was still profitable in that month.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 04/23/2008
The 'Barclays Triple Win' draw launched on February 18 finally came to an end yesterday when Barclays Bank picked five lucky winners from a draw held at the parking yard of the Lugogo Mall.
New Vision (Free subscription) | 04/23/2008
Michael Miebach (right), the Barclays Bank managing director in charge of global retail and commercial banking for emerging markets in sub-Saharan Africa, hands over a plague to Annabell Nampamba in recognition to her good performance in sales. Nampamba was among the bank’s two top performers in 2007. She won a fully-paid trip to Dubai
Postman Patel (Free subscription) | 04/21/2008
We had a little story on Thursday, November 16, 2006 - Aiding Africa - Tony, Barclays and BAE - a curious tale of President Kikwete and kickbacks which has erupted yet again. "BAE in new corruption probe as Tanzanian minister resigns over £500,000 bribery claim" Andrew Chenge, who was attorney general at the time of the crooked £28Mn. deal (Now ex Minister of Infrastructure) has been found to
