Barclays Bank is the fourth largest bank in the United Kingdom. The bank can trace its routes back to 1690 in London. The name "Barclay" first arose in 1736. Today the bank is a global financial service provider operating in the UK, Europe, United States, and Africa. The bank's headquarters are at Lombard Street in the City of London. Currently, offices are under construction at One Churchill Place for a new head office building. Barclays currently owns more stock (3.9%) than any other stockholder in the largest company on the planet, Exxon Mobil.
History of Barclays Bank
1896 - several small London banks unite under the banner of Barclays and Co
1905-1916 - acquisitions of small English banks extends the branch network
1918 - Barclays amalgamated with the London, Provincial and South Western Bank
1966 - Barclaycard launched, the first credit card in the world
1967 - Barclays unveils the first ATM cash machine
Prior to Barclay's transfer to the USS Enterprise-D in 2366, he was assigned to the USS Zhukov.
Barclay was also a hypochondriac and was prone to self-diagnosis – he once thought himself to have transporter psychosis; on another occasion, he believed himself to have Terellian Death Syndrome.
It was Barclay's efforts that led to two way communication being made with Voyager, when he came up with the idea of directing a tachyon beam towards an approaching itinerant pulsar to send a signal through an artificial wormhole.
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