The company's quarterly earnings and revenue solidly beat forecasts, perhaps opening the door to an early-2019 completion of Fox assets acquisition.
The bank had cut the dividend by more than half two years ago but is confident it will "generate excess capital going forward."
The bank is joining other companies that are writing down the value of their deferred tax assets in the wake of the U.S. legislation.
The settlements with U.S. authorities ease investor concerns over the impact of the MBS scandal on the shaky European banking industry.
Due diligence vendors described some of the loans underlying the securities as having the “distinct aroma of default.”
For the first time, Circle says, "any consumer in the U.S. and the U.K. will be able to beam sterling and dollars back and forth, instantly for free."
The SEC and New York State allege the banks misrepresented that they would keep high-frequency traders out of their alternative trading systems.
Barclays did not seek 'to distinguish toxic order flow from instances in which prices merely happened to move in favor of the customer,' said the NYFDS.
The EU's bank-resolution law, which requires creditors to take losses before the government steps in, will lead to more ratings actions.
The amount of profits dedicated to shareholder payouts is up 10 percentage points from the long-term average.
After several probes revealed FX dealers are leaking customer information for profit, some top banks are reacting by introducing restrictive measures.
The Justice Department is investigating sales practices of foreign-exchange banks as part of a wider probe into FX market rigging.
