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Barclays sets aside extra £235m for potential motor finance redress


By Michael Griffiths

Barclays has announced it will set aside an additional £235m for potential compensation claims from historic motor finance commissions.

The move takes the bank’s total provisions from an initial £90m announced previously to a new total of £325m


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