Brothers

El banco afirma que ha retirado los procedimientos contra los antiguos propietarios del Telegraph, Aidan y Howard Barclay, ante el tribunal superior Los antiguos propietarios del Telegraph han evitado la quiebra tras llegar a un acuerdo con HSBC por más de 140 millones de libras en deudas vencidas. En una audiencia ante el tribunal superior el martes, el banco más grande de Europa declaró que había retirado los procedimientos contra Aidan y Howard Barclay, cuya familia perdió el control del Daily y Sunday Telegraph en 2023 debido a deudas impagadas de 1.160 millones de libras con Lloyds Bank. Continuar leyendo...

Specialist lender says it expects its slice of £9.1bn compensation set by FCA to be about £320mClose Brothers shares surged on Wednesday after the UK bank declared it could “comfortably absorb” its slice of a £9.1bn compensation bill over the motor finance scandal, hours after one of its rivals announced it was selling its UK operations over looming costs.The specialist lender said it expected the final terms of the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) compensation scheme to cost roughly £320m, a sum that is “broadly similar” to previous estimates and the £294m put aside to date. Continue reading...

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