Colonial Bank (West Indies)
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| Public limited company | |
| Traded as | : : BCS FTSE 100 Component |
| Industry |
Banking Financial services |
| Founded | 17 November 1690 in the City of London, Kingdom of England |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
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Key people
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John McFarlane (Chairman) Jes Staley (Group Chief Executive) |
| Products |
Retail banking Commercial banking Investment banking Wealth Management |
| Revenue |
 £21.451 billion (2016) |
 £3.230 billion (2016) |
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| Profit |
£2.828 billion (2016) |
| Total assets |
£1.213 trillion (2016) |
| Total equity |
£71.365 billion (2016) |
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Number of employees
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129,400 (2016) |
| Divisions |
Barclaycard Barclays Investment Bank Barclays Wealth |
| Website |
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Barclays PLC /ˈbɑːrkliz/ is a British multinational bank and financial services company headquartered in London. It is a universal bank with global reach, offering products and services across personal, corporate and investment banking, credit cards and wealth management. It has operations in over 40 countries and employs approximately 120,000 people. Barclays is organised into four core businesses: Personal & Corporate (Personal Banking, Corporate Banking, Wealth & Investment Management), Barclaycard, Investment Banking and Africa.
Barclays traces its origins to a goldsmith banking business established in the City of London in 1690. James Barclay became a partner in the business in 1736. In 1896 several banks in London and the English provinces, including Backhouse's Bank and Gurney's Bank, united as a bank under the name Barclays and Co. Over the following decades Barclays expanded to become a nationwide bank. In 1967, Barclays deployed the world's first cash dispenser. Barclays has made numerous corporate acquisitions, including of London, Provincial and South Western Bank in 1918, British Linen Bank in 1919, Mercantile Credit in 1975, the Woolwich in 2000 and the North American operations of Lehman Brothers in 2008.
Barclays has a primary listing on the and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It has a secondary listing on the . Qatar Holdings, an investment vehicle of the State of Qatar, is the largest shareholder of the company.
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