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Barclays CEO Jes Staley ignored his CCO and GCNew York’s Department of Financial Services fined Barclays Bank PLC and its New York branch $15 million Tuesday because of attempts by the bank’s CEO, Jes Staley, to unmask a whistleblower “in contravention of Barclays’ established whistleblowing policies and procedures.” … Continue Reading
In December 2012, a payment processing company based in Johannesburg called Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc. disclosed some bad news. The DOJ and SEC had launched FCPA investigations.
The feds wanted to know if Net1 paid bribes to win a contract from the South Africa Social Security Agency (SASSA).… Continue Reading
Barclays chief executive Jes Staley was fined £642,430 ($871,000) by UK regulators Friday for trying to identify an anonymous whistleblower who made allegations about Staley’s role in recruiting another employee.
The Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority said Staley failed to “act with due skill, care and diligence” by trying to hunt down the whistleblower.… Continue Reading
The case of Barclays chief Jes Staley attempting to unmask an anonymous whistleblower came to an almost imperceptible and silent ending recently when the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority concluded that Staley’s actions were not done intentionally but apparently with some other, lesser standard.… Continue Reading
Barclays CEO Jes StaleyTwo recent stories involving whistleblowers demonstrated the extremes in company responses.
The first story involved Barclays and its CEO Jes Staley violating the company’s own policy by trying to unmask an anonymous whistleblower.… Continue Reading
Jes Staley is the newly appointed American CEO of the beleaguered British Barclays Bank. He recently said, “I do believe that trust is returning to our institution. But we will never rest, we are never done.… Continue Reading