BarclaysNYSE: BCS

UBS analysts remain positive on UK bank stocks over their European counterparts, with a particular bias for Barclays PLC (LSE:BARC). In a broker note published on Tuesday, UBS highlighted UK banks' solid earnings season and an improved outlook, citing increasing net interest income driven by structural hedges.

Pay.uk, the body which oversees Britain's retail payments, has revealed the technical issue which prevented bank users from being able to send payments and receive their monthly salaries has been fixed.  A spokesperson said: "We are aware that a small number of faster payments were delayed or not processed earlier today.

Barclays has told City analysts it remains optimistic about growing its UK Corporate Bank, which accounted for 7% of profits last year. According to Barclays, currently, it has a 22% share of relevant corporate deposits but only a 9% share of relevant corporate lending and wants this latter number to increase.

Daniel Hanna, Global Head of Sustainable Finance at Barclays, discusses the investment opportunities in sustainable and transition finance. He speaks with Shery Ahn and Paul Allen on "Bloomberg: The Asia Trade".

Surrendering to pressure from several music acts and an ad-hoc movement, Barclays has suspended its sponsorship of all 2024 music festivals organized by Live Nation in the UK. The festivals now without Barclays backing include such popular events such as Download, Latitude, and the Isle of Wight Festival, according to Business Matters.

The suspension comes after several artists, including country singer CMAT, metal band Ithaca and comedian Joanne McNally, pulled out of the events.

Dan Levy, senior autos analyst at Barclays, joins CNBC's 'The Exchange' to discuss electric vehicle leasing trends, what this means for auto stocks, and more.

Barclays to explain its exposure to the private equity sector as concerns increase about how much has been lent to finance leveraged or highly debt-funded deals. According to a report by Bloomberg, the UK bank has been told by the Prudential Regulation Authority, the Bank of England's financial sector regulator, to commission a section 166 review of the business.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Barclays Bank PLC (“Barclays”) announced today that it will exercise its issuer call option and redeem in full each of the 18 series of iPath® ETNs (the “ETNs”) listed in the table below on June 28, 2024 (the “Redemption Date”). Name of ETN Bloomberg Ticker CUSIP/ISIN iPath® GEMS Asia 8 ETN AYTEF 06738G878 / US06738G8785 iPath® Bloomberg Cotton Subindex Total ReturnSM ETN BALTF 06739H271 / US06739H2711 iPath® EUR/USD Exchange Rate ETN EROTF 06739F184 / GB00B1WPBD95 iP.