United Kingdom · Credit institution
Barclays Bank PLC
Barclays Bank PLC is a public limited company registered in England (company number 1026167) with its registered office at 1 Churchill Place, London. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Barclays PLC and the non-ring-fenced bank of the Barclays Group. It runs the group's UK Corporate Bank, Private Bank and Wealth Management, Investment Bank and US Consumer Bank. In May 2026 it completed the acquisition of Best Egg, a US personal loan platform.
Licences and registrations
Held by the legal entity, not by this BIC
This BIC is mapped to LEI G5GSEF7VJP5I7OUK5573 (Barclays Bank PLC) in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. The legal entity’s page is Barclays Bank PLC (BARCGB22). None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers.
Licences belong to the legal entity. Each applies in the country of the regulator that granted it, not to every BIC that carries the LEI.
Regulatory status
FSB · global systemically important banks
2025 list
- G-SIB
- Barclays
- Relation
- Main operating bank of a G-SIBThe G-SIB group’s principal bank, as identified by Elucidate from the FSB list and GLEIF.
- Bucket
- 2 of 5 · extra capital buffer 1.5% of risk-weighted assets
- On the list since
- 2011
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- BARCGB5GXXX head office
- Connection to Swift
- Connected to SwiftThis BIC is registered as a live address on the Swift network. The institution sends and receives Swift messages under BARCGB5G directly.
- Swift GPI
- Live member
- Payment schemes and systems
- No entry in the EPC registers, the ECB T2 and TIPS lists or the SIX Bank Master cites this BIC
- Branch codes
- 1 branch code
- BIC first registered
- 2001-09-01
- Last updated
- 2025-09-13
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Employees
Not published
Ownership
Group subsidiary
100% Barclays PLC
Institution type
Universal bank
Trades as Barclays
- Ownership
- Barclays PLC, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange, holds 100% of the bank.
- Direct parent
- Barclays PLC ↗, United Kingdom 100%
- Head office
- 1 Churchill Place, E14 5HP London, United Kingdom
- Company register
- 01026167, Companies House (England and Wales)
Business lines
The bank groups the Barclays Group's wholesale, international corporate, private banking and US consumer card businesses. UK retail banking sits in the separate ring-fenced Barclays Bank UK PLC.
Online
- Websites & references
- home.barclays ↗ did not load when checked
Wikipedia ↗ group article
Wikidata Q245343 ↗ - Official social accounts
- None found
Sources · 5 pages consulted
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01026167/officers
- sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/312070/000031207026000025/bbplc-20260630_d2.htm
- fca.org.uk/news/press-releases/fca-fines-barclays-42-million-poor-handling-financial-crime-risks
- home.barclays/content/dam/home-barclays/documents/investor-relations/ResultAnnouncements/H12026Results/
- home.barclays/who-we-are/structure-and-leadership/leadership/nigel-higgins/
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
-
C.S. Venkatakrishnan
Group Chief Executive; Executive Director of Barclays Bank PLC
- Chair
- Nigel Higgins Chairman of Barclays Bank PLC (Group Chairman)
- Chief financial officer
- Anna Cross Group Finance Director; Executive Director of Barclays Bank PLC
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- United Kingdom
- Prudential Regulation Authority Prudential supervisor
- United Kingdom
- Financial Conduct Authority ConductAML supervisorSecurities
- United Kingdom
- Bank of England Central bankResolution
Recent events 1 enforcement or investigation item
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Merger / acquisition
The bank completed the acquisition of Best Egg, a US personal loan origination platform, for about GBP 0.6 billion on 1 May 2026.
sec.gov ↗ -
Other
The bank exited its American Airlines co-branded credit card partnership on 24 April 2026, with a gain on sale of about GBP 225 million.
sec.gov ↗ -
Enforcement
The FCA fined the bank GBP 39.3 million for failing to manage money laundering risks adequately in its banking services to Stunt & Co.
fca.org.uk ↗
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, incidents, leadership changes, mergers and licence changes. Each links to its source.
Identifiers
Head-office record
- BIC
- BARCGB5GXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- BARCBank
- GBCountry · United Kingdom
- 5GLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- How the LEI was matched
- BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
Profile
- Type
- Credit institutionListed as a credit institution, or a branch of one, on the ECB’s list of supervised entities, or named as a bank on the Financial Stability Board’s G-SIB list, directly or as a G-SIB’s main operating bank. These are the only bank lists the directory tracks so far.
- Regulation
- Prudentially supervised (FSB G-SIB list)Prudentially supervised, according to the FSB 2025 G-SIB list. This is a designation, not a licence on a tracked register.
- Register licences
- None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers
- Country · region
- United Kingdom · Europe & Central Asia
- FSB G-SIB list
- Bucket 2 of 5 list of 2025
- Trading venues (MIC)
- Operates 2 MICs list of 2026-09-17
- OFAC sanctions
- No listing cites this BIC
- EU sanctions
- No listing matched this BIC or its LEI
- Country sanctions
- No country programme
- Founded
- 1690
Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.
Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
- Direct parent
- Barclays PLC · United Kingdom213800LBQA1Y9L22JB70 ↗
- FSB G-SIB list
- Main operating bank of a G-SIB · Barclays bucket 2 · 2025 listThe G-SIB group’s principal bank, as identified by Elucidate from the FSB list and GLEIF.
The Barclays PLC group has 48 institutions in the directory, in 26 countries: 47 hold a BIC and 1 does not.
Including Barclays Bank Ireland PLC, Barclays Bank Ireland PLC Frankfurt, Barclays Bank Ireland PLC Milan Branch, Barclays Bank Ireland PLC, Belgium Branch, Barclaycard International Payments Limited.
See the Barclays PLC group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Registered address
- 1 CHURCHILL PLACE LONDON E14 5HP UNITED KINGDOM
- Operational address
- 1 CHURCHILL PLACE LONDON LONDON E14 5HP UNITED KINGDOM
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
A CBPR+ message identifies this institution by its BIC, and may add its LEI or a clearing code. CBPR+ does not allow a name and postal address next to a BIC.
- Identified by
- BIC, with its LEI
- Roles in CBPR+
- Any agent, including the instructing and instructed agents
CBPR+
For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>BARCGB5GXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>G5GSEF7VJP5I7OUK5573</LEI>
</FinInstnId>Full record
Every ISO 20022 element the directory holds. Base ISO 20022 allows them together. CBPR+ does not allow a name and address next to a BIC
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>BARCGB5GXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>G5GSEF7VJP5I7OUK5573</LEI>
<Nm>BARCLAYS BANK PLC</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>LONDON</TwnNm>
<Ctry>GB</Ctry>
<AdrLine>1 CHURCHILL PLACE LONDON E14 5HP</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>The BIC, name and address are as published in Swift’s BIC directory. The LEI comes from the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. Check them against your own records before use.
Market identifiers
2 trading venues and reporting services run under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
| MIC | Market | Kind | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| BPLC | BARCLAYS BANK PLCBBPLC | Operating MIC | Not specified |
| BBSI | BARCLAYS BANK PLC - SYSTEMATIC INTERNALISERBBPLC SI | Segment of BPLC | Systematic internaliser |
Network
Branch codes
| BIC | Branch | City | Address | LEI | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARCGB5GCCS | MACRO RATES MULTILATERAL NETTING FOR CROSS CURRENCY POSITIONS | London | 1 CHURCHILL PLACE LONDON LONDON E14 5HP UNITED KINGDOM | G5GSEF7VJP5I7OUK5573 | 2025-09-13 |
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- Ownership and group—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
- Overview, leadership, regulators and events—researched per institution by an AI model with web search, from the institution's own website and reports, regulators, company registers and news. Figures, people and events link to their source, and each card shows the research date. AI research can be wrong or out of date, so check key facts at the source.
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