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Ex-Barclays CEO's stated ties with Epstein refuted by evidence, BOE’s Bailey says

By Sofia Gerace ( March 7, 2025, 16:28 GMT | Insight) -- Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey has given evidence to Britain's Upper Tribunal in the case involving former chief executive of Barclays Jes Staley and the Financial Conduct Authority. Staley has appealed the watchdog's decision to ban him from the financial services industry over statements linked to his relationship with disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein, which the watchdog found to be untruthful. Bailey, who headed the FCA when the inquiry into the banker started, said that a letter submitted to the regulator denying that Staley and Epstein knew each other well was in contradiction to the evidence the FCA had found.Email exchanges between former Barclays chief executive Jes Staley and US disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein indicated that the pair had a “close relationship,” contradicting the letter provided from Barclays to the regulator arguing that the two were not close, governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey has said....

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