Barclays in the United States of America (USA)
Barclays Global Investors, Barclays Capital, Barclays Wealth and Barclaycard all operate in the USA.
In 2008, Barclays Capital acquired Lehman Brothers North American operations, significantly expanding its business in the country.
Barclaycard has more than seven million cards in issue across the USA.
Barclays Wealth established a presence in the USA through Barclays acquisition of Lehman Brothers Private Investment Management in the US in September 2008, acquiring US$50bn of assets.
In the USA, Barclays offers:
- Barclaycard: a range of credit cards
- Barclays Capital: provides large corporate, government and institutional clients with a full spectrum of solutions to their strategic advisory, financing and risk management needs
- Barclays Global Investors: provides international asset management and advice for individual and institutional investors
- Barclays Wealth: provides affluent, high net-worth and intermediary clients worldwide with private banking, investment management, fiduciary services and brokerage.
