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Barclays
Bank acquirer
United Kingdom€79.4bnMarket cap · as of 1 Jun 2026 · home.barclays
- Revenue
- £29.1Btotal income (Group, FY ended 31 Dec 2025) · as of 2025-12
- Employees
- 93,000(full time equivalent, Group, 31 Dec 2025)
- Headquarters
- London, UK
- Website
- barclaycard.co.uk
What it does
Universal bank with major card-issuing (Barclaycard) and merchant-acquiring operations.
Terminals under its own name · 1
Deals
- Apr 2025·sold Brookfield — Strategic partnership: Barclays invests ~£400M into the Barclaycard Payments acceptance business, which stays 100% Barclays-owned for now; from year 3 (Apr 2028) to year 7 Brookfield may buy ~70% at market value once Barclays has recovered its investment, with its incentive converting into a further 10% (~80% total); Barclays keeps ~20% + a 10-year exclusive supply arrangement
Developments
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Source: company filings and website·Data as of 28 Sep 2026·Report wrong information·All 155 companies