Barclays plc is a British multinational bank headquartered in London, tracing its origins to a London goldsmith banking business established in 1690 that later took the Barclays name after generations of the Barclay family served as partners. It grew through mergers with other British banks into one of the largest banks in the United Kingdom, operating both retail and investment banking, and expanded significantly into investment banking through its 2008 acquisition of the North American operations of the collapsed Lehman Brothers.
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Company TypeBritish multinational universal bank 1 Founded Year Headquarters Connections
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A major financial services company; classified in the atlas financial-services-industry.
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1. Barclays (Wikipedia)
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is a British multinational universal bank, headquartered in London, England.
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is a British multinational universal bank, headquartered in London, England.
History section, founding sentence
Barclays traces its origins to 17 November 1690, when two Quakers, John Freame and Thomas Gould, started trading as goldsmith bankers in Lombard Street, London.
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