Talk:Barclays

Minor Edit - Barclaycard US

Barclays' US credit card issuer, Juniper Bank (still known as 'Juniper Bank, a Member of the Barclays Group'), is a separate entity from the Barclaycard global operation. Juniper Bank has it's own President, CEO, and board. Barclays acquired Juniper Bank in 2003, but day-to-day operations at Juniper are still run by the American management staff. BadMojoDE 00:05, 11 February 2007 (UTC)BadMojoDEBadMojoDE 00:05, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Credit Card history

Have altered statement that Barclaycard was first credit card in the world. Diners Club Card was. Barclays was first in the UK. (3rd Dec. 2005)

Bank Charges

While the statement about this might not be inaccurate, it's potentially misleading - my understanding is that this is a general issue with all UK banks at the moment, not something specific to Barclays? Following the link provided seems to back that up - some stories about Barclays, also lots of stories about other banks.Mrph 00:12, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

History of Barclays

Added references to the formation in 1965 and sale in 1988 of Barclays Bank of California, a San Francisco-based US affiliate of Barclays Bank PLC., Source: 57th Annual Report of the Superintendent of Banks, State of California, pg 201; 79th Annual Report of the Superintendent of Banks, State of California, page 33.

Added reference to Wachovia Corp in bullet regarding purchase of HomEq Servicing Corp., American Banker, Friday, June 23, 2006, page 1. Pchas 30 June 2006

Just going to file this in case a flamewar starts over the history of Barclays. Recently the bank was involved in a war of words in Brooklyn when it was announced that it had bought naming rights of a new stadium. Several newspapers accused it of being involved in the early days of the slave trade. Here's a letter to the paper from Barclays disputing this. I think the bank is going to be in the news in the coming years due to this project (it's the largest in Brooklyn) so I thought it would be useful to have. It also includes some useful tidbits about the bank's history and the slave trade. Here's the link. Thesilence 22:10, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Page rename

As the article states the company trades under differenct names that ultimately are owned by Barclays plc.

On the Public limited company page it states that either PLC or plc is acceptable. Looking at other plc companies on WP; plc seems to be the preferred choice. (see BAA plc, Kingfisher plc, Prudential plc etc.)

Therefore I have moved the page to Barclays plc. simonthebold 14:05, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Copyright issues

Recent edits have inserted text directly copied from Barclays' website:

• On Barclays' history: [1]
• On Barclay's senior management: [2]

These additions are contrary to Wikipedia's policy which strictly honors copyrights. — ERcheck (talk) 12:25, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

I spoke just now on the phone with Ferguson 1CP, who put this stuff here - they're a press officer for Barclays and didn't realise this would be a conflict of interest. (And hadn't heard of the publicity disaster last week concerning Microsoft.) I suggested they come to this page, introduce themselves and supply info for others to add. (And be sure that releasing text under GFDL - putting it out of actual control - is precisely what they want to do.) So the text should just be reviewed for NPOV and maybe rewritten as needed - David Gerard 16:16, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for checking it out. — ERcheck (talk) 19:52, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Well, they actually called me, in innocent confusion :-) - David Gerard 11:54, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Intro paragraph / BCS position in marketplace

The article indicates that BCS is the largest in the world by total assets, etc. It also stated it was 3rd largest in the UK. What is the basis for this? Both need citations and the position in the UK needs details. — ERcheck (talk) 22:23, 30 January 2007 (UTC)