About Barclays
 

Sir I am new employer at the Barclays bank so I want some information about the bank so can you please tell me the same so I can have good impression on the colleague

Re: About Barclays
 

Hey the Barclays is a British multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in London

Stock information:

BARC.L 29 Feb 2016 10:48 GMT
Last: GBp 168.10
Change: GBp -1.00
Volume: 13,234,203
Percent change: -0.59 %

Barclays has more than 300 years of history from our beginnings in Lombard Street


Values of Barclay

Respect
Integrity
Service
Excellence
Stewardship


Barclays has over 4,750 branches in about 50 countries and of which about 1,600 are in the United Kingdom.

In the UK Barclays also offers some personal banking services through branches of the Post Office. Most Barclays branches have 24/7 ATMs

Board of directors

The current members of Barclays' board of directors are:

Simon Chirayath (Chairman);
Mike Ashley (non-executive director);
Tim Breedon (non-executive director);
Crawford Gilles (non-executive director);
Reuben Jeffery III (non-executive director);
Wendy Lucas-Bull (non-executive director);
Tushar Morzaria (Group Finance Director);
Dambisa Moyo (non-executive director);
Frits van Paasschen (non-executive director);
Sir Gerry Grimstone (Deputy chairman and Senior independent director);
Diane de Saint Victor (non-executive director);
Diane Schueneman (non-executive director);
Stephan Thieke (non-executive director


Barclays' principal divisions and subsidiaries include:

Absa Group Limited (South Africa)
Barclaycard – Global credit card business
Barclays Africa
Barclays Bank plc – UK retail bank

Barclays Bank Delaware (formerly Barclaycard US, originally Juniper Bank, acquired 2003)

Barclays Corporate –
Provides banking solutions to organisations with an annual turnover of more than £5 million, including Deposits and Liquidity, Cash Management and Trade, Financing, Foreign Exchange, Risk Management and Online Banking

It serves over 8,000 companies across 23 countries.

Principal divisions and subsidiaries

The headquarters of Absa Group in Johannesburg, South Africa

Barclays Croatia
Barclays Direct (Formerly ING Direct UK)
Barclays France
Barclays India
Barclays Indonesia
Barclays Investment Bank
Barclays Private Clients International – subsidiary based in the Isle of Man with branches in the Channel Islands
Barclays Morocco
Barclays Mauritius
Barclays Pakistan
Barclays Partner Finance
Barclays Portugal (162 branches)
Barclays Russia (17 branches)
Barclays Bank LLC (Russia)
Barclays Shared Services (BSS)-chennai(India)
Barclays Technologies Centre China
Barclays Technologies Centre India
Barclays Technologies Centre Singapore
Barclays Technologies Centre Lithuania
Barclays Wealth – Provides stockbroking and offshore and private banking
Firstplus Financial Group plc