Barclays Faces $590 Million Hit, Scrutiny Over Sales Slip-Up

Barclays Faces $590 Million Hit, Scrutiny Over Sales Slip-Up
A branch of Barclays Bank in London on Feb. 23, 2022. Peter Nicholls/Reuters
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LONDON/NEW YORK—British bank Barclays faces an estimated 450 million pound ($592 million) loss and regulatory scrutiny for exceeding a U.S. limit on sales of structured products, some of which have surged in popularity since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Barclays also said on Monday that it will have to delay a planned 1 billion pound share buyback as of the loss, which it will have to incur as a result of buying back the securities in question at their original purchase price.