Over at Barclays, its retail banking boss Antony Jenkins is looking to boost his division’s technological capabilities, poaching the chief information officer of US telecoms group Verizon Communications.

Shaygan Kheradpir is becoming chief operating officer of the retail banking operations, replacing David Skillen who becomes chief operating officer of Barclays Africa. Mr Kheradpir is to focus on mobile banking, internet banking and branch network infrastructure support. Click here to read entire article