Vim Maru is a British banking executive and the CEO of Barclays UK, a position he has held since February 2024. A chartered accountant with over 20 years of experience, he previously served as Barclays' Global Head of Consumer Banking and Payments and held senior leadership roles at Lloyds Banking Group and Santander UK.
Barclays has doubled its CEO's pay to £10.5m as the bank's top performers share a bonus pot of £1.9bn. The high-street lending giant is also awarding shares worth £500 to 90,000 employees after revealing a rise in pre-tax profits in 2024.
Sasha Wiggins is Chief Executive of Barclays Private Bank and Wealth Management, a position she has held since February 2024. She is also a member of Barclays Group Executive Committee. With over 20 years' experience at Barclays, Sasha has held a number of leadership roles across the Group.
Denny Nealon is the Chief Executive Officer for Barclays US Consumer Bank (USCB) and Barclays Bank Delaware (BBDE) where he is responsible for the overall leadership and direction of Barclays' consumer business in the United States, which includes award-winning credit card programs and retail deposits.
Major bank chiefs appear before Treasury Select Committee
Who is the CEO of Barclays Germany?
Ingrid Hengster is the CEO for Barclays Germany and co-leads the Global Chairman Group within the Corporate & Investment Bank. As the CEO of Barclays Germany, she is the franchise leader with responsibility over key decision making and accountability for business strategy and results.
Barclays is a subsidiary of Barclays PLC, a U.K.-based multinational universal bank headquartered in London, U.K. and founded in 1690. Barclays has been a subsidiary of Barclays PLC since 2000, and it is the 8th-largest credit card issuer in the United States, with 26.7 million cards in circulation.
Barclays major shareholders are Vanguard Group, Credit Suisse Asset Management, Solium Capital UK Ltd, Dodge & Cox, BlackRock Fund Advisors, Qatar Investment Authority, Causeway Capital Management, Invesco Asset Management, Upper Chance Group and Legal & General Investment Management.
After marking 12 months as CEO of Barclays Switzerland, Rahim Daya talks to us about his priorities in his new role, the economic outlook following COVID-19, and the qualities that make Switzerland unlike anywhere else in the world. Rahim, what are your ambitions for Barclays Switzerland in Geneva and Zurich?
Diamond resigned as chief executive of Barclays after a Bank of England hearing on July 3, 2012, following controversy over manipulation of Libor interest rates by traders employed by the bank.
Employees at Barclays earn an average of ₹22.3lakhs, mostly ranging from ₹17.0lakhs per year to ₹50.0lakhs per year based on 1483 profiles. The top 10% of employees earn more than ₹35.3lakhs per year.
£40,000 is above the UK average salary (£32,736 according to the ONS, 2024) and represents a solid middle-income by national standards. Net take-home pay after tax and National Insurance is about £32,319 per year, or £2,693 per month.
Mrs. Abena Osei-Poku is an accomplished Pan-African business leader with over 25 years of experience in the financial services industry. Her expertise spans Corporate and Investment banking, Business banking and Risk Management at the regional level.
The Qatar Investment Authority still owns 2.9 per cent of Barclays. “None of the current Barclays board or senior management were involved in the events described in the Final Notices,” the FCA said in its statement.
On 1 November 2021 Staley resigned following the results of the company's investigation of his associations with Epstein. A short time after his departure it was reported that Staley and Epstein exchanged 1,200 emails over the course of four years.
Sir David Rowat Barclay (27 October 1934 – 10 January 2021) and Sir Frederick Hugh Barclay (born 27 October 1934), commonly referred to as the "Barclay Brothers" or "Barclay Twins", were British billionaire brothers, of whom Frederick Barclay is now the sole survivor.
The richest bank in the UK, based on total assets, is HSBC Holdings, with nearly £2.39 trillion in assets as of late 2023/early 2024, far exceeding competitors like Barclays and Lloyds Banking Group, making it the largest not just in the UK but often across Europe by asset size and market cap. Barclays and Lloyds typically hold the second and third spots, followed by NatWest Group, with HSBC leading significantly in global reach and profitability, notes Statista and finder.com.
Barclays generally requires at least a "Good" credit score (around 670+ in the US, or 721+ on Equifax in the UK), but higher scores (Very Good/Excellent) increase approval odds, with specific needs varying by product (cards, loans, mortgages) and often needing a 700+ score for cards. They look at your full financial picture, including income, debt, and history with CCJs/bankruptcies, using data from Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion. A free eligibility checker can show your likelihood without affecting your score.
Absa Group Limited's Barclays-branded subsidiaries in seven African countries – Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Seychelles, Tanzania and Zambia – were renamed as 'Absa' today, completing the name change across the continent.
