Barclays has increased the provisions to cover two mis-selling scandals by another £1bn.
It relates to the mis-selling of interest rate hedging products sold to small firms, and payment protection insurance (PPI) schemes.
Following a review, the bank said total provisions for the scandal involving interest rate swaps were now £850m, and £2.6bn for the PPI schemes.
The figure comes ahead of the bank's full-year results due on 12 February.
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) last week ordered the UK's major banks - Barclays, Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds, and HSBC - to review all their sales of interest rate hedging products, and provide redress where mis-selling occurred.
The products were offered to thousands of small firms - including pub owners, haulage firms, care-home operators and vets - when they asked their bank for a loan.
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