Company profile

Future of Barclays

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Rank
2
| Quantumrun Global 1000

Barclays is a British financial and bank services company operating globally with headquarters in London. It is a universal bank with investment banking, wholesale, and retail, as well as credit cards, mortgage lending, and wealth management operations. It has an estimate of 48 million clients. Barclays is organized into 4 core businesses: Personal & Corporate (Wealth & Investment Management, Corporate Banking, Personal Banking), Africa, Investment Banking and Barclaycard.

Home Country:
Sector:
Industry:
Banks - Commercial and Savings
Website:
Founded:
1690
Global employee count:
119300
Domestic employee count:
46400
Number of domestic locations:
2

Financial Health

Revenue:
$21451000000 GBP
3y average revenue:
$21751333333 GBP
Operating expenses:
$16338000000 GBP
3y average expenses:
$17686000000 GBP
Funds in reserve:
$86556000000 GBP
Market country
Revenue from country
0.52
Market country
Revenue from country
0.34

Asset Performance

  1. Product/Service/Dept. name
    Services (UK)
    Product/Service revenue
    7517000000
  2. Product/Service/Dept. name
    Services (International)
    Product/Service revenue
    13640000000
  3. Product/Service/Dept. name
    Services (core)
    Product/Service revenue
    20364000000

Innovation assets and Pipeline

Global brand rank:
69
Total patents held:
15

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DISRUPTION VULNERABILITY

Belonging to the financial sector means this company will be affected directly and indirectly by a number of disruptive opportunities and challenges over the coming decades. While described in detail within Quantumrun’s special reports, these disruptive trends can be summarized along the following broad points:

*First off, the shrinking cost and increasing computational capacity of artificial intelligence systems will lead to its greater use across a number of applications within the financial world—from AI trading, wealth management, accounting, financial forensics, and more. All regimented or codified tasks and professions will see greater automation, leading to dramatically reduced operating costs and sizeable layoffs of white-collar employees.

*Blockchain technology will be co-opted and integrated into the established banking system, significantly reducing transaction costs and automating complex contract agreements.

*Financial technology (FinTech) companies that operate entirely online and offer specialized and cost-effective services to consumer and business clients will continue to erode the client base of larger institutional banks.

*Physical currency will disappear in much of Asia and Africa first due to each region’s limited exposure to credit card systems and early adoption of internet and mobile payment technologies. Western countries will gradually follow suit. Select financial institutions will act as intermediaries for mobile transactions, but will see increasing competition from tech companies who operate mobile platforms—they will see an opportunity to offer payment and banking services to their mobile users, thereby cutting out traditional banks.

*Growing income inequality throughout the 2020s will lead to an increase in fringe political parties winning elections and encouraging stricter financial regulations.

COMPANY’S FUTURE PROSPECTS

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