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  1. europesays.com/britain/43765/ Six in 10 tenants welcome the Renters’ Rights Act, says Barclays – Mortgage Strategy #Barclays #Renters #Renters'RightsAct

  2. Barclays shifts to hawkish stance, forecasting Bank of Korea will raise rates three times starting August 2026, with terminal rate reaching 3.25% by Q2 2027, citing stronger-than-expected Q1 GDP growth and resilient asset markets driven by semiconductor sector recovery
    #YonhapInfomax #BankOfKorea #InterestRateHike #Barclays #MonetaryPolicy #BenchmarkRate #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
    en.infomaxai.com/news/articleV

  3. Barclays shifts to hawkish stance, forecasting Bank of Korea will raise rates three times starting August 2026, with terminal rate reaching 3.25% by Q2 2027, citing stronger-than-expected Q1 GDP growth and resilient asset markets driven by semiconductor sector recovery
    #YonhapInfomax #BankOfKorea #InterestRateHike #Barclays #MonetaryPolicy #BenchmarkRate #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
    en.infomaxai.com/news/articleV

  4. Barclays shifts to hawkish stance, forecasting Bank of Korea will raise rates three times starting August 2026, with terminal rate reaching 3.25% by Q2 2027, citing stronger-than-expected Q1 GDP growth and resilient asset markets driven by semiconductor sector recovery
    #YonhapInfomax #BankOfKorea #InterestRateHike #Barclays #MonetaryPolicy #BenchmarkRate #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
    en.infomaxai.com/news/articleV

  5. Barclays shifts to hawkish stance, forecasting Bank of Korea will raise rates three times starting August 2026, with terminal rate reaching 3.25% by Q2 2027, citing stronger-than-expected Q1 GDP growth and resilient asset markets driven by semiconductor sector recovery
    #YonhapInfomax #BankOfKorea #InterestRateHike #Barclays #MonetaryPolicy #BenchmarkRate #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
    en.infomaxai.com/news/articleV

  6. PORT TALBOT: The Victorian bank that’s stood empty since Barclays left — now someone wants to turn it into 13 homes

    Walk past the old Barclays on Station Road and you’ll see one of the best-looking buildings in Port Talbot — ornate stonework, an arched entrance, sash windows, the lot. It’s been locked and gathering dust for more than three years.

    A developer called LIFE Property Group wants to change that. They’ve applied to Neath Port Talbot Council for permission to convert the building into 13 affordable one-bedroom flats.

    Local MP Stephen Kinnock shared the plans on Facebook this week and urged residents to have their say before a decision is made.

    The building dates back to the 1800s and is officially recognised by the council as a Building of Local Importance. The plan is to leave the famous stone front completely untouched — all 13 flats would go into a new three-storey block at the back, while the ground floor offices at the front would stay in commercial use.

    We first covered the proposals when they were floated for pre-application consultation last September.

    Barclays shut its Port Talbot branch in 2021 as part of a national wave of closures, and it wasn’t the only one — HSBC pulled out of the town around the same time. The empty buildings they left behind have become a familiar sight on Station Road.

    But according to the planning documents submitted with the application, Station Road has quietly been changing for years. The former police station up the road has already become a block of modern flats, and a series of other properties along the street have been converted since 2010.

    The developer’s planning consultants argue this shows the council is open to sensitive modernisation of the area — and that bringing the old bank back into use fits that pattern.

    Just half a mile away, work has started on a 43-home development on the former Dyffryn School site, and older flats in the area have had major eco refurbishments. After years of closures and empty shopfronts, there are at least signs of life.

    The site sits in a flood risk zone, so a separate flood risk report has been submitted alongside the planning application. According to the documents, the flats would be built slightly above ground level as a precaution.

    The plans also include solar panels on the new roof, cycle storage and wildlife boxes for bats and birds.

    No housing association has been named to manage the flats yet, though the developer says talks are under way with several potential partners. All 13 units would be classed as affordable housing — well above the 25% the council typically asks for from new developments, according to planning policy documents.

    The development would include just two parking spaces at the rear — so residents would be relying heavily on public transport. Port Talbot Parkway station is a short walk away, with direct trains to Swansea, Cardiff and London.

    If you want to have your say, search application number P2026/0067 on the Neath Port Talbot planning portal, or email [email protected].

    More on Port Talbot

    Former Port Talbot bank could be turned into 13 affordable flats under new plans
    Our September 2025 report on the pre-application consultation for the same building.

    Barclays confirms closure of bank branches in Gorseinon and Port Talbot
    When the branch that started all this first announced it was shutting.

    HSBC to shut Port Talbot and Tenby bank branches in latest round of closures
    Another branch gone — the story of Port Talbot’s high street bank exodus.

    Work to start on 43-home development at former Port Talbot school
    Half a mile from Station Road, another former building gets a new life.

    Eco makeover gives flats a new lease of life
    How older Port Talbot homes are being brought up to date.

    #AffordableHousing #Barclays #PlanningPermission #PortTalbot #StationRoad
  7. Barclays says oil disruption risk continues to weigh on Europe despite AI-driven rally

    oil tanks ©PublicDomainPictures Global stock markets climbed to new highs this week after reports of a possible peace…
    #Europe #EU #Barclays #emergingmarketfunds #equityfunds #exceededexpectations #marketbreadth #Moneymarketfunds #Semiconductorstocks #StraitofHormuz
    europesays.com/europe/36336/

  8. MUMBLES: Banking Hub opens today — and Pembroke Dock confirmed for June

    Banking services are returning to two more communities across south and west Wales – with Mumbles opening its new banking hub this morning and Pembroke Dock confirming its hub will open in early June.

    The Mumbles Banking Hub opened its doors for the first time today at Unit 6, Castleton Walk Arcade, Newton Road, Mumbles, SA3 4AX.

    The hub will be open Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm – with community bankers from Barclays attending on Wednesdays, Lloyds Banking Group on Thursdays and NatWest on Fridays. Monday and Tuesday schedules are still to be confirmed.

    Mumbles County Councillor Will Thomas, who confirmed the opening, said it was great news for the community and described it as returning banking services to the village.

    The Mumbles hub was first recommended last year after high street banking services continued to disappear from the area, leaving residents and businesses without face-to-face banking locally.

    Meanwhile in Pembrokeshire, Pembroke Dock Town Council has confirmed that its new banking hub will be sited in Pembroke Dock library, with an opening date expected in early June.

    The council said the exact opening date would be shared in due course and urged residents from across the county to make use of the service.

    Banking hubs are a national initiative designed to replace lost high street bank branches with a shared facility, where customers of multiple banks can carry out everyday transactions and speak to their own bank’s community banker on a rotating schedule.

    The model has been rolled out across south-west Wales in recent months – with Morriston, Gorseinon, Porthcawl and Ystradgynlais all receiving hubs following community campaigns.

    Not every community that has applied for a hub has been successful. Plaid MS Sioned Williams challenged cash access company Link over Pontardawe’s exclusion from the programme – a decision that angered local campaigners.

    Banking hubs are operated by Cash Access UK and are recommended by Link, the cash access network, following an assessment of local need.

    The assessment takes into account the number of bank branch closures in an area, the availability of alternative cash access points, and the demographics of the local population.

    Mumbles and Pembroke Dock both qualify on the grounds of multiple branch closures in recent years, leaving communities without convenient access to in-person banking services.

    For Mumbles residents, the hub on Newton Road is open from today. No appointment is needed for general counter services.

    For Pembroke Dock residents, further details on the opening date and schedule will be published by the town council in the coming weeks.

    #bank #BankingHub #Barclays #CllrWillThomas #LloydsBank #money #Mumbles #Natwest #PembrokeDock
  9. @Npars01 @Npars01 @Pettet8

    It would seem that's what the rest of Europe + is waking up to. France, Germany and many of the other core EU nations are moving to make Microsoft Alphabet, Oracle and Palintir persona non-grata in core governmental roles.

    As to Putins sanctions, that's about 35 years past due. Banking rat fucks at #citibank #bankofamerica #barclays and a host of European institutions were all to happy to take the USSR's capital flight. As if #ruzzias national wealth was consequence free. Filthy whores each of them. There's a straight line between the fall of the USSR, the expansion and deregulation of finance, and the ascent of techbro Nazi's.

  10. @Npars01 @Npars01 @Pettet8

    It would seem that's what the rest of Europe + is waking up to. France, Germany and many of the other core EU nations are moving to make Microsoft Alphabet, Oracle and Palintir persona non-grata in core governmental roles.

    As to Putins sanctions, that's about 35 years past due. Banking rat fucks at #citibank #bankofamerica #barclays and a host of European institutions were all to happy to take the USSR's capital flight. As if #ruzzias national wealth was consequence free. Filthy whores each of them. There's a straight line between the fall of the USSR, the expansion and deregulation of finance, and the ascent of techbro Nazi's.