Barclays' Chairman John McFarlane has insisted that the banking industry will emerge unscathed and continue to thrive internationally once the UK is free of Brussels rule.
Mr McFarlane said he believes that the City of London will remain one of the top two financial centres in the world along with New York.
His comments to Reuters came amid increasing attempts by Remain supporters to claim that thousands of people will desert the City with Brexit and head to Paris or Frankfurt.
McFarlane shrugged off fears expressed by some bankers and politicians that a blueprint for Britain's future trading relationship with the European Union, proposed by Prime Minister Theresa May, would cripple job creation and trigger London's rapid decline as a global financial services centre.
