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(, , ) is the third largest
Bank in the
United Kingdom . The bank can trace its roots back to 1690 in
London . The name "Barclay" first arose in 1736. Today the bank is a global financial service provider operating in the
UK ,
Europe ,
United States , and
Africa . The bank's headquarters are at
One Churchill Place in
Canary Wharf , in London's
Docklands , having moved there in
May 2005 from
Lombard Street in the
City Of London . Barclay's US headquarters are in Wilmington, Delaware where it acquired the former Juniper Bank.
Barclays PLC is the holding company that is listed on the
London ,
New York and
Tokyo Stock Exchange . It consists almost solely of .
- 1896 - several small London banks unite under the banner of Barclays and Co
- 1905 - 1916 - acquisitions of small English banks extends the branch network
- 1918 - Barclays amalgamated with the London, Provincial and South Western Bank
- 1966 - Barclaycard launched, the first credit card in the UK
- 1967 - Barclays unveils the first ATM cash machine
- 1969 - acquisition of Martins Bank
- 1986 - Buys de Zoete & Bevan and Wedd Durlacher to form BZW, to take advantage of Big Bang (financial Markets) on the London Stock Exchange
- 1994 - Edgar Pearce , the "Mardi Gra Bomber" begins a terror campaign against the bank
- 1996 - Buys Wells Fargo Nikko Investment Advisors (WFNIA) and merges it with BZW Investment Management to form Barclays Global Investors
- 1998 - BZW business broken up, parts sold to Credit Suisse First Boston
- 2000 - acquisition of Woolwich Plc (formerly the Woolwich Building Society)
- 2001 - Barclays closes more than 170 rural branches in the UK
- 2005 - Barclays seals £2.6bn takeover of Absa , South Africa 's largest retail bank, acquiring a 54% stake on July 27
