Comeback for the scandal-hit banker

CHARLOTTE Hogg is poised to return to a top City job less than four months after resigning over a failure to disclose a conflict of interest.

The 46-year-old, who stepped down from her position as deputy governor of the Bank of England in March after failing to disclose her brother’s senior job at Barclays, has been offered the post of chief executive of Visa Europe.

The payments firm, which is now a subsidiary of New York-listed Visa Inc, after the company paid more than £17bn to acquire it last year, handles the majority of debit card transactions carried out in the UK.

Securing the top job would be a rapid comeback for Hogg, who had been tipped to replace close ally Mark Carney as governor of the Bank of England.

A Visa Europe spokesman yesterday declined to comment on its talks with Hogg.