Barclays plc

Type	Public
Founded	1896
Location	London
Key people	Matthew Barrett, Chairman John S Varley, Chief Executive
Industry	Banking
Products	Retail banking Commercial banking Investment banking Financial planning
Revenue	$18.867 billion (2004)
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Website	www.barclays.com
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Barclays Bank headquarters
One Churchill Place, Canary Wharf

Barclays plc (LSE: BARC, NYSE: BCS, TYO: 8642 ) is the fourth largest bank in the United Kingdom. The bank can trace its roots 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 One Churchill Place in Canary Wharf, in London's Docklands, having moved there in May 2005 from Lombard Street in the City of London. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1182x202, 18 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A public company is a company owned by the public rather than by a relatively few individuals. ... 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Houses of Parliament and the clock tower containing Big Ben Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the capital of the United Kingdom and England. ... <drini ☎> 15:50, 9 August 2005 (UTC) Categories: Possible copyright violations ... For other uses, see Bank (disambiguation). ... A commercial bank is a type of financial intermediary and a type of bank. ... Investment banks assist corporations in raising funds in the public markets (both equity and debt), as well as provide strategic advisory services for mergers, acquisitions and other types of transactions. ... Revenue is a US business term for the amount of money that a company can receive from its activities, mostly from sales of products and/or services to customers. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... EBIT stands for Earnings before Interest and Taxes (operating income). ... Net income is equal to the income that a firm has after subtracting costs and expenses from the total revenue. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... A holding company is a company that owns enough voting stock in another firm to control management and operations by influencing or electing its board of directors. ... In business, a subsidiary is a company controlled by another company or corporation. ... The front page of the English Wikipedia Website. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1704x2272, 1806 KB) Summary Barclays Bank HQ, Docklands, London. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1704x2272, 1806 KB) Summary Barclays Bank HQ, Docklands, London. ... One Churchill Place One Churchill Place is the new headquarters of Barclays Bank. ... HSBC Tower (left), 1 Canada Square (centre), Citigroup Centre (right) Canary Wharf, seen from a high-level walkway on Tower Bridge Canary Wharf tube station (Jubilee Line) Docklands Light Railway station and entrance to underground station Canary Wharf viewed from Shad Thames Canary Wharf Tower and the HSBC World Headquarters... The Source by Greyworld, in the new LSE building Paternoster Square. ... New York Stock Exchange (June 2003) The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), also nicknamed the Big Board, is the largest stock exchange in the world (by dollar volume) and second largest by number of listings. ... The Tokyo Stock Exchange (東京証券取引所 Tōkyō Shōken Torihikijo, abbreviated TSE) is the worlds second-largest stock exchange market. ... A bank is an institution that provides financial service, particularly taking deposits and extending credit. ... The Houses of Parliament and the clock tower containing Big Ben Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the capital of the United Kingdom and England. ... World map showing Europe Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiogeographic one. ... A satellite composite image of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. ... One Churchill Place One Churchill Place is the new headquarters of Barclays Bank. ... HSBC Tower (left), 1 Canada Square (centre), Citigroup Centre (right) Canary Wharf, seen from a high-level walkway on Tower Bridge Canary Wharf tube station (Jubilee Line) Docklands Light Railway station and entrance to underground station Canary Wharf viewed from Shad Thames Canary Wharf Tower and the HSBC World Headquarters... The Millennium Dome and Canary Wharf from the Royal Victoria Dock. ... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in May May 26: Eddie Albert May 25: Ismail Merchant May 25: Sunil Dutt May 25: Graham Kennedy May 22: Thurl Ravenscroft May 21: Howard Morris May 21: Subodh Mukherjee May 21: Stephen Elliott May 20... Lombard Street is a road in the City of London. ... For London as a whole, see the main article London. ...

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Barclays has been linked to the sale of arms and defense materials from the UK. The actual number of transactions is unknown and hardly documented however some sources exist (see below). Barclays is/was a shareholder in Halliburton.

History of Barclays

• 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 UK
• 1967 - Barclays unveils the first ATM cash machine
• 1969 - acquisition of Martins Bank
• 1994 - Edgar Pearce, the "Mardi Gra Bomber" begins a terror campaign against the bank
• 1997 - "black hole" discovered in the accounts of BZW, Barclay's investment bank division.
• 1998 - BZW business broken up, parts sold to Credit Suisse First Boston
• 2000 - acquisition of Woolwich Plc (formerly the Woolwich Building Society)
• 2001 - Barclays closes more than 170 rural branches in the UK
• 2005 - Barclays seals £2.6bn takeover of Absa, South Africa's largest retail bank, acquiring a 54% stake on July 27

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Constituents of Barclays plc Group

• Barclays Retail Bank - UK clearing bank
• Barclays Business Bank - UK bank
• Barclays Private Clients - Offshore and Private bank
• Barclays Private Clients International Ltd. - subsidiary based in the Isle of Man with branches in the Channel Islands
• Barclaycard - Global credit card business
• Barclays Capital - Investment bank
• Barclays Global Investors - Investment management company
• Woolwich plc - UK mortgage and savings bank
• Barclays Africa - To be 'sold' to Absa (South Africa)
• Barclays Spain
• Barclays Portugal
• Absa (South Africa)

An offshore bank is a bank located outside the country of residence of the depositor, typically in a low tax jurisdiction that provides financial and legal advantages. ... Private banking is a term which covers both of the services which banks give to individuals usually with liquid wealth of above 1 million dollars, and also the division of that entity which does checking, savings, and loans for that clientele. ... The Barclaycard is a credit card associated with the Barclays Bank in the UK. It offers MasterCard and VISA versions. ... Barclays Capital is the investment banking division of Barclays Bank plc. ... Investment banks assist public and private corporations in raising funds in the capital markets (both equity and debt), as well as in providing strategic advisory services for mergers, acquisitions and other types of financial transactions. ... Barclays Global Investors is a division of Barclays Bank specializing in Asset management. ... Investment management, also called portfolio management or money management, it is a branch of investment analysis that looks into the process of managing money. ... The Woolwich Building Society was founded in 1847, and was one of the first permanent building societies. ...

External links

• Official site
• -Banks which trade in Arms
• Yahoo! - Barclays Bank PLC Company Profile
• Barclays Bank UK
• Barclays USA

Commercial banks in the United Kingdom

Abbey | Airdrie Savings Bank | Alliance & Leicester | Allied Irish Bank | Bank of Ireland | Bank of Scotland | Barclays | Birmingham Midshires | Bradford and Bingley | Bristol and West | Cahoot | Cheltenham and Gloucester | Clydesdale | Co-operative Bank | Coutts & Co | Egg | First Direct | First Trust Bank | Halifax | HBOS | HSBC | Intelligent Finance | Islamic Bank of Britain | Julian Hodge Bank | Lloyds TSB | National Savings and Investments | NatWest | Northern Bank | Northern Rock | Royal Bank of Scotland | Sainsbury's Bank | Standard Chartered Bank | Tesco Personal Finance | The Woolwich | Ulster Bank | Yorkshire Bank