Not to be close to epstein, when in reality he viewed him as a cherished friend. Lets cross to our Business Editor simonjack, who has the details. Yes, before jes yes, Beforejes Staley yes, before jes staley was the yes, Beforejes Staley was the boss of barclays, he ran the Private Banking of barclays, he ran the private bankin business of of barclays, he ran the Private Banking Business Ofjpmorgan of barclays, he ran the Private Banking of barclays, he ran the private bankin business ofjpmoran for banking Business Ofjpmorgan for High Net Worth clients, of which Jeffrey Epstein was one. Now, following Jeffrey Epstein s conviction and subsequent suicide for six offences, the Financial Conduct Authority asked barclay to try to characterise and find out about how close the relationship had been between mr staley and mr epstein, and the bank rate back to the regulator approved by mr staley, saying he insisted they had no close personalfriendship, it was professional only. E mail that subse