The London-headquartered bank said Thursday that it would repurchase $1.3 billion of its own stock as part of a plan to return at least $8 billion to shareholders between 2024 and 2026. It had earlier announced a $1.5 billion buyback in February.
Adjusted pretax profit of $2.4 billion for the three months through June 30 came in above the $1.9 billion Bloomberg-compiled consensus estimate.
“Every part of our cross-border business ...