Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) -Barclays said it expects to refile financial statements with U.S. regulators by the end of May, paving the way to resume a 1 billion pound ($1.23 billion) buyback programme it halted following a trading blunder earlier this year. The bank disclosed earlier this year that it had to refile an accounting statement known as a form 20-F with the Securities and Exchange Commission, after it issued more structured notes than it was permitted in the United States. The lender said refiling would allow it to resume the share buyback 'shortly therafter', sticking to its pledge to do so within the second quarter of the year.