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Barclays. Barclays plc ( / ˈbɑːrkliz /, occasionally /- leɪz /) is a British multinational universal bank, headquartered in London, England. Barclays operates as two divisions, Barclays UK and Barclays International, supported by a service company, Barclays Execution Services. [4]
UK banking brands owned by foreign banks. Allied Irish Bank (GB) and First Trust Bank, owned by AIB Group of the Republic of Ireland. Al Rayan Bank, owned by Masraf Al Rayan of Qatar. Axis Bank UK, owned by Axis Bank of India. Bank of Ceylon (UK), owned by Bank of Ceylon of Sri Lanka.
Barclays launched Barclaycard on 29 June 1966, initially as a charge card, [2] but following Bank of England agreement to the offering of revolving credit, it became the first credit card in the United Kingdom on 8 November 1967. [2] It enjoyed a monopoly of the credit card market in the United Kingdom until the introduction of the Access Card ...
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Barclays online savings account offers an interest rate of 0.50% APY — which is significantly better than the national average of 0.06%, per the FDIC. There’s no monthly fee and no minimum ...
Santander UK plc ( UK: / ˌsæntənˈdɛər, - tæn -/, US: / ˌsɑːntɑːnˈdɛər /) [3] is a British bank, wholly owned by the Spanish Santander Group. Santander UK plc manages its affairs autonomously, with its own local management team, responsible solely for its performance. Santander UK is one of the leading personal financial services ...
The leading partners of the new bank, which was named Barclay and Company, were already connected by a web of family, business and religious relationships. The company became known as the Quaker Bank, because this was the family tradition of the founding families. This bank eventually became Barclays PLC. 20th century
In August 2000, Barclays took over Woolwich PLC in a £5.4bn acquisition. Woolwich PLC thus joined the Barclays Bank Group of companies. The Woolwich brand-name was retained after the acquisition, and the Woolwich head office remained in Bexleyheath, south-east London, 4.5 mi from the original office in Woolwich.