LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England has not yet approved any individual as the new chief executive of Barclays (>> Barclays PLC) bank, a spokeswoman for the BoE said on Tuesday.

The BoE's Prudential Regulation Authority arm supervises and vets all top appointments at UK lenders.

Barclays is close to naming former JPMorgan Chase (>> JPMorgan Chase & Co.) banker Jes Staley as chief executive, a person with knowledge of the situation told Reuters on Monday.

(Reporting by Huw Jones, editing by Louise Heavens)

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