British regulators investigated how the bank executives characterized his ties with the disgraced financier. :
More than two years after Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in a Manhattan jail cell, the consequences of associating with the convicted sex offender continue to reverberate through the highest echelons of the business world. Barclays, one of Britain’s biggest banks, announced on Monday that its chief executive, James E. Staley, was stepping down immediately as a result of an inquiry by regulators there into how he characterized his relationship with the disgraced financier.