Barclays Finance Director Chris Lucas left his post due to health reasons as the multinational bank preps for their GBP6 billion cash call.

Two sources told Reuters that Barclays was mulling the sale of its UAE retail banking operations. Two sources told Reuters that Barclays is considering a sale of its retail banking business in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Nine more banks were hired by Barclays to manage its rights offering next month worth GBP 5.8 billion or USD 8.9 billion.

Barclays announced selling its shares to raise GBP5.8 billion to satisfy Britain's financial regulators demand.

Barclays banks on issuing contingent convertible bonds (CoCos) to meet its obligations. Barclays Plc is looking to issue contingent convertible bonds (CoCos) in order to save money and still meet the three percent leverage ratio imposed by Prudential Regulations Authority, owned by the Bank of England.

Sheik Mansour's stake in Barclays was sold last month. Sheik Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan of Abu Dhabi sold his shares in Barclays. In a regulatory filing last month, the bank said that the Sheik's investment vehicle, PCP Gulf Invest 3, sold its 758.

India’s government held a meeting today with as many as eight banks as it weighed its options to sell the country’s debt abroad.

Karim Kanji announced his resignation from Barclays Head of coal, dry-freight and iron-ore trader at Barclays Plc (BARC) Karim Kanji announced resignation from the bank.

According to sources, Barclays PLC, Citigroup Inc and JPMorgan Chase & Co. are set to manage Eastern Europe's largest budget carrier, WIzz Air's initial public offering.

Barclays may need to cut down on lending to comply with the Bank of England's leverage ratio requirements.