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Barclays sports more than 1,700 branches in the UK and some 2,000 more in Europe, Africa, Asia, and the US. The bank's offerings include personal financial services (savings, checking, and consumer loans); corporate banking; insurance; mortgage lending (Woolwich); and credit cards (Barclaycard). It operates investment bank Barclays Capital and offers wealth management services through Barclays Wealth. In 2008 Barclays bought the North American investment banking and capital markets business of troubled firm Lehman Brothers for approximately £1 billion ($1.75 billion). In 2009 it announced the sale of Barclays Global Investors to American money manager BlackRock, for $13.5 billion.
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1 Churchill Place
London E14 5HP, United Kingdom
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Highlights | | Fiscal Year End: | December | | Revenue (2008): | 29392.00 M | | Revenue Growth (1 yr): | (-35.80%) | | Employees (2008): | 156,300 | | Employee Growth (1 yr): | 10.20% |
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Key People
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Chairman:
Marcus Agius
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Group Chief Executive and Director:
John S. Varley
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President and Director; CEO, Investment Banking and Investme:
Robert E. (Bob) Diamond Jr.
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