Barclays beats expectations after Tesco Bank takeover February 13, 2025 Barclays surpassed analyst expectations in its annual results report on Thursday, after a strong year for its investment banking arm and day one benefits of its Tesco Bank takeover. The FTSE 100 bank reported a pretax profit of £1.7bn in the fourth quarter, ahead of the £1.62bn expected by analysts. For 2024 as a whole, the [...]
Barclays completes £600m Tesco Bank takeover November 1, 2024 Barclays has completed its £600m takeover of Tesco’s banking arm after high court approval for the buyout came on 17 October. As part of a ten-year partnership between the two firms, Barclays will begin operating and managing Tesco Bank. Tesco will keep all of its existing insurance and money services activities, including ATMs, travel money [...]