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

It was founded in 1690, London, United Kingdom

In 1728 the bank moved to 54 Lombard Street, identified by the 'Sign of the Black Spread Eagle'

In 1776 the firm was styled "Barclay, Bevan and Bening" and so remained until 1785, when another partner, John Tritton, who had married a Barclay, was admitted, and the business then became "Barclay, Bevan, Bening and Tritton"

In 1925 the Colonial Bank, National Bank of South Africa and the Anglo-Egyptian Bank were amalgamated and Barclays operated its overseas operations under the name Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas) – Barclays DCO

In 1988, Barclays sold Barclays Bank of California, which at that time was the 17th-largest bank in California measured by assets.

In 2003, Barclays bought the American credit card company Juniper Bank from CIBC, re-branding it as "Barclays Bank Delaware".[

The same year saw the acquisition of Banco Zaragozano, the 11th largest Spanish bank.

In April 2013, Barclays announced a new initiative called Digital Eagles.

Its aim was to create infectious staff advocacy and use this opportunity to highlight to customers the benefits of digital solutions to help make customers live much easier

A book on the history of the bank is also Published by Wiley on behalf of the Royal Economic Society named A History of Barclays Bank

H. S. Foxwell

The Economic Journal

Vol. 37, No. 147 (Sep., 1927), pp. 411-417

DOI: 10.2307/2223554

Services of the Bank

Corporate banking

Investment banking

Wealth management