Organisations Barclays
16 August 2026
Overview
A British universal bank providing consumer and business banking, payments, corporate and investment banking, wealth management, and global markets services.
About
Barclays is a British universal bank headquartered in London. It provides financial products and services to consumers, businesses, corporations, governments, and institutional clients in the UK and internationally.
The Group’s businesses include Barclays UK, the UK Corporate Bank, the Investment Bank, the US Consumer Bank, and Barclays Private Bank and Wealth Management. Its services span retail banking, cards and payments, lending, cash management, advisory, capital markets, markets and securities services, and wealth management.
Barclays traces its origins to 1690. C.S. Venkatakrishnan, known as Venkat, has been Group Chief Executive since November 2021. Barclays reported 98,141 colleagues globally at the end of 2025 and has operations across the UK, Europe, the Americas, Asia Pacific, and Africa.
The firm’s technology teams develop digital-banking, payments, data, cloud, cybersecurity, trading, and operational platforms. Technology and engineering roles support consumer products, corporate clients, financial-markets infrastructure, risk management, and enterprise controls.
Details
- Company
- Barclays
- Location
- London, England, United Kingdom
- Website
- https://home.barclays/
- https://www.linkedin.com/company/barclays-bank/
- Careers
- https://search.jobs.barclays/
- Founded
- 1690
- CEO
- C.S. Venkatakrishnan
- Industry
- Financial Services and Banking
- Size
- 98141
- Tech Stack
- Digital Banking, Cloud Computing, Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Payments Technology, APIs, Trading Systems, Distributed Systems, Risk and Controls Technology
- Specialties
- Retail Banking, Corporate Banking, Investment Banking, Global Markets, Payments, Cards, Lending, Cash Management, Wealth Management, Risk Management, Digital Financial Services