Barclays Plc will work with Brookfield Corp. to offload some of its payments business, as part of the lender’s push to boost returns.

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Barclays has sold part of its British payments business to Brookfield Asset Management, the bank said on Thursday. The two parties will work to create a standalone entity for the business, into which Barclays plans to invest approximately 400 million pounds ($528.