Barclays CEO Jes Staley faces fine over whistleblower incident

City watchdogs say he broke rules of conduct in his attempts to identify 2016 whistleblower

Barclays’ £3.9m-a-year chief executive, Jes Staley, is to keep his job despite facing a reprimand and a fine from regulators over his attempts to unmask an internal whistleblower.

The size of the financial penalty that will be imposed on Staley – who received a bonus of more than £1m in 2017 – has not been disclosed.

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