Ex-Barclays Banker Feared Bonus Cut During Financial Crash

  • Prosecutor alleges that Jenkins worried about pay, not bank
  • Jenkins says mindset was needed during talks to save Barclays
Roger Jenkins leaves Southwark Crown Court in London, in April 2019.Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
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Former Barclays Plc executive Roger Jenkins joked that he cared more about his bonus than the lender’s future as the business came close to crumbling at the height of the 2008 financial crisis.