Barclays profits plunge as it puts aside £1.6bn for Covid-19 defaults
by Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent from Economics | The Guardian on (#569FY)
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Barclays' pre-tax profits plunged by 75% in the second quarter of 2020 after the bank put aside another 1.6bn to cover bad debts in preparation for a wave of defaults caused by the coronavirus crisis.
The second-quarter provision was more than the 1.4bn analysts had expected and brings its total credit impairment charges to 3.7bn for the six months to June. It is also three times the 480m charge it logged last year.
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