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            <title><![CDATA[Nomura-Backed Digital Asset Firm Komainu Names Bertrand as CEO]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefania Spezzati]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2022 23:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Barclays Exits Absa Group in Latest Retreat from Africa]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2022 15:25:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Wall Street's Record Fines Over WhatsApp Use Were Years in the Making]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2022 17:53:07 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Deutsche Bank’s Push to Tighten Controls Is Quietly Boosting Costs]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2022 12:24:47 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The headquarters of Deutsche Bank AG in Frankfurt, Germany, on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Deutsche Bank and its asset management unit had their Frankfurt offices raided by police, adding to legal headaches facing Germany&apos;s largest lender.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Barclays Earnings Miss as Legal Costs Overshadow Trading Jump]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefania Spezzati]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2022 06:36:55 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Barclays Latest Bank to Make Provision for US WhatsApp Fine]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefania Spezzati]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2022 16:23:35 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The Facebook Inc. WhatsApp logo on a laptop computer arranged in the Brooklyn Borough of New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. Signal and Telegram, two private messenger apps, saw downloads and user sign-ups soar during the extended downtime of Facebook Inc.’s network of apps and services.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Barclays to Buy Back Up to $18 Billion of Wrongly Sold Notes]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-25/barclays-to-start-17-6-billion-rescission-offer-next-week</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefania Spezzati]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2022 11:21:45 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A logo for a Barclays Plc bank branch sits on a sign in London, U.K., on Tuesday, March 21, 2017. Barclays is considering Dublin for their EU base to ensure continued access to the single market, said people familiar with the plans,asking not to be named because the plans aren&apos;t public.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[One of UK’s Top Bankers Put on Leave by Citi Pending Probe]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dinesh Nair]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2022 19:38:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Revolut’s Storonsky Says It Has Enough Funding for Two Years]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Aisha S Gani]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2022 16:07:35 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mizuho Overhauls London Rates Leadership After Strategy Clashes]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Donal Griffin]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2022 09:27:56 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[HSBC Fires London Trader as Crackdown on Client Messaging Widens]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-15/hsbc-fires-london-trader-as-crackdown-on-client-messaging-widens</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefania Spezzati]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2022 13:50:05 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A sign sits on the HSBC Holdings Plc headquarters office building in the Canary Wharf business, financial and shopping district of London, U.K., on Friday, Sept. 18, 2020. After a pause during lockdown, lenders from Citigroup Inc. to HSBC Holdings Plc have restarted cuts, taking gross losses announced this year to a combined 63,785 jobs, according to a Bloomberg analysis of filings.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Barclays Could Start Delayed £1 Billion Buyback From End of May]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefania Spezzati]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2022 11:45:58 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Nomura Hires Ten Traders to Build Out FX-Focused Macro Desks]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefania Spezzati]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2022 10:06:46 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Revolut’s $33 Billion Bank App Hits a Roadblock in Britain]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Nik Storonsky has been held up in his hunt for a U.K. banking license — a crucial part of his plan to create global finance’s No. 1 “superapp.”]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-06/revolut-33-billion-banking-app-wants-to-play-in-the-big-league</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefania Spezzati]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2022 07:30:23 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Revolut’s cryptocurrency trading product hasn’t been deemed fit and proper.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Barclays Halts Certain Debt Activities After £540 Million Clerical Error]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefania Spezzati]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2022 07:39:05 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>One Churchill Place skyscraper, the Barclays Plc headquarters, at Canary Wharf in London, U.K., on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. Persimmon Plc, the U.K.’s biggest housebuilder, said the long-term outlook for the country’s housing market remained resilient despite the economic gloom and latest national lockdown.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Barclays Traders Beat Estimates with Surprise Surge in Unit Revenue]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefania Spezzati]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2022 06:32:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Barclays Traders Made Over $600 Million in Emerging-Market Havoc]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefania Spezzati]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2022 14:24:58 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Signage for Barclays Plc bank hangs outside a branch of the bank in London, U.K., on Tuesday, March 21, 2017. Barclays is considering Dublin for their EU base to ensure continued access to the single market, said people familiar with the plans,asking not to be named because the plans aren&apos;t public.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Barclays’s $600 Million Blunder Follows Years of U.S. Run-Ins]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stefania Spezzati]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2022 16:44:05 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Barclays Frankfurt Offices Raided in German Tax Fraud Investigation]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Karin Matussek]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2022 14:40:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Barclays Shares Tumble as Holder Sells £900 Million Block]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Swetha Gopinath]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2022 16:10:21 GMT</pubDate>
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