London — Barclays is having to put plans in place for dealing with Britain’s divorce from the EU without clarity on how political negotiations will go, the bank’s CEO Jes Staley said on Wednesday. The British lender said in July that it was talking to Irish regulators about extending its activities in Dublin in preparation for when Britain leaves the EU in March 2019. Staley said the bank will re-license all its branches in Europe so they become part of their Irish business, but they are having to make these changes without clear direction from London or Brussels on what they need to do. "Like all of us, we are in sway to the desires and wishes of the political bodies and I have no idea how that will go," Staley said speaking at an event in Westminster, close to the British parliament. "I think there is a clear recognition of the importance of the UK, but the political reality that we all have to deal with, we will make adjustments." Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein made similar co...
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