- Barclays a British universal bank diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography
- Barclays identified payments as a key growth opportunity worth £900 million over three years thank areas such as merchant acquiring and the BNPL market
- CEO Jes Staley revealed that payment now accounts for eight percent of Barclays’ total income – £1.7 billion last year
- Staley says this number grows by around £900 million over the next three years
- In November last year the bank moved into the buy now, pay later sector through a partnership with Amazon in Germany
- Barclays the only major bank-owned acquirer in the UK and has managed to slash on-boarding times in the last couple of years
