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Barclays Plc is a bank holding company that provides retail banking, credit card, corporate, investment banking and asset management services in Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia. It operates in nine segments: UK retail and business banking, European retail and business banking, African retail and business banking, investment banking, corporate banking, wealth and investment management, head office functions and other operations. The company was founded on 20 July 1896 and is headquartered in London, UK.

The main divisions of Barclays Plc:

• Barclays UK - UK operations in 2020 generated revenues of £6.347bn, net income of £325m and assets of £289.1bn; home market with 859 branches and 21,300 employees. Main business lines in the UK:
  • Personal Banking - retail banking, turnover £3.522bn;
  • Barclaycard Consumer UK - credit cards, turnover £1.519bn;
  • Business Banking - banking services to companies ranging from small private start-ups to large corporates and asset management, turnover £1.306bn;
• Barclays International - overseas turnover in 2020 of £15.921bn, net profit of £2.22bn, assets of £1.042 trillion, number of employees of 10,800 (36,900 in 2016).
• Head Office - Head Office operations in 2020 generated a net loss of £1.019bn on the books, with the number of employees in this division increasing from one hundred to 50,900 compared to 2016 (the remaining stake in Barclays Africa Group Limited and the abolished Barclays Non-Core division were transferred to this division).

Main regions of operation:

• United Kingdom - 47,700 employees;
• Rest of Europe and the Middle East - 3,300 employees;
• Americas - 10,200 employees;
• Asia Pacific - 21,800 employees.