Barclays Chair Never Asked Ex-CEO About Last Epstein Contact Before Telling Regulators It Ended Before His Tenure

Barclays chair Nigel Higgins conceded he never directly asked former CEO Jes Staley about his last contact with Jeffrey Epstein before telling UK regulators the contact was "well before" Staley joined Barclays. That declaration triggered Staley's 2021 ouster and subsequent UK banking ban. US Senator Elizabeth Warren is now pressing Barclays over the governance failure, giving the bank a two-week deadline to respond.