Barclaycard under pressure to reverse credit limit cuts for steady customers

Barclaycard customers have called on it to reverse heavy-handed credit card limit cuts hitting cardholders whose financial circumstances have remained steady – or even improved – over the last year. This is Money received a deluge of responses from readers by email and on social media after we reported on the growing backlash against the … Read more

Barclaycard tries to defend slashing credit card limits of loyal customers

Barclaycard has been caught in a customer service firestorm as it tries to defend slashing the limits of some loyal credit card customers by 90 per cent or more. Stories of limits being slashed emerged last week, with those longstanding customers affected who had never missed a payment angered by the proposed moves and saying … Read more

Barclaycard tries to defend slashing credit card limits of loyal customers

Barclaycard has been caught in a customer service firestorm as it tries to defend slashing the limits of some loyal credit card customers by 90 per cent or more. Stories of limits being slashed emerged last week, with those longstanding customers affected who had never missed a payment angered by the proposed moves and saying … Read more

Klarna clampdown: Regulation of buy now, pay later credit firms due within weeks

Plans to regulate Britain’s booming £2.7billion buy now, pay later industry will be released within weeks, This is Money understands. A consultation on draft regulation affecting platforms like ClearPay, Klarna, Laybuy and PayPal is expected to be published in early May, after an amendment to credit legislation was passed in parliament this week. A Financial … Read more

Credit Suisse executives axed after Greensill and Archegos scandals

Credit Suisse in crisis: Top executives axed and bonuses withdrawn as bank dives into the red after Greensill and Archegos disasters By Mark Shapland For The Daily Mail Published: 22:20 BST, 6 April 2021 | Updated: 22:20 BST, 6 April 2021 Top executives have been fired and bonuses slashed at Credit Suisse as the bank … Read more

Two senior Credit Suisse execs leave amid Archegos and Greensill scandals

Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse has axed two senior executives as it suffered billions of pounds worth of losses following the collapse of hedge fund Archegos and the British finance firm Greensill.  Brin Chin, CEO of its investment bank, and Lara Warner, chief risk and compliance officer, both announced they would step down, while the … Read more

Two senior Credit Suisse execs leave amid Archegos and Greensill scandals

Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse has axed two senior executives as it suffered billions of pounds worth of losses following the collapse of hedge fund Archegos and the British finance firm Greensill.  Brin Chin, CEO of its investment bank, and Lara Warner, chief risk and compliance officer, both announced they would step down, while the … Read more

Credit Suisse faces investor backlash after Archegos crisis leaves it nursing heavy losses

Credit Suisse faces investor backlash after Archegos crisis leaves it nursing heavy losses By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:18 BST, 30 March 2021 | Updated: 22:18 BST, 30 March 2021 Credit Suisse is facing a major investor backlash after the Archegos crisis left it nursing heavy losses. The banking giant was already … Read more

Credit Suisse rocked in Archegos Capital Management meltdown

Credit Suisse has been thrown into crisis just weeks before Antonio Horta-Osorio joins as chairman from Lloyds Bank. The Swiss investment bank was already reeling from the aftermath of a spying scandal and its exposure to bust lender Greensill Capital. But now it has revealed it will suffer a ‘highly significant’ hit to its profits … Read more

Nomura and Credit Suisse issue profit warnings amid crisis at US hedge fund

Investors and pension savers in Britain face possible financial losses after two major investment banks issued profit warnings amid a crisis at a US hedge fund. Nomura and Credit Suisse could lose billions of pounds after the fund defaulted on margin calls, putting investors on edge about who else might have been caught out.  Losses … Read more