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Hector Sants

Barclays appoints
Hector Sants

Barclays has appointed Hector Sants to the newly created role of Head of Compliance and Government and Regulatory Relations. Mr Sants will join the Executive Committee of Barclays and report directly to the Group Chief Executive Antony Jenkins.

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27 Nov 2012, 10:00 GMT

Barclays and UNICEF renew Building Young Futures partnership

Barclays and UNICEF have today renewed their highly-successful Building Young Futures partnership for a further three years.

Barclays global headquarters

Barclays headquarters at 1 Churchill Place, London

Strategic combination of Barclays African Operations with Absa

"Bringing together Barclays Africa with Absa is an important step in furthering our ‘One Bank in Africa’ strategy and the goal to become the ‘Go-To’ bank across the continent."
Antony Jenkins, Barclays Group Chief Executive

Contributing to growth

Supporting businesses and job creation

Barclays has teamed up with Central Working to support fast-developing businesses in the heart of London’s Tech City. We will provide the organisation – which helps small and medium-sized enterprises grow their businesses – with funding to create a site that provides space for tech start-ups and companies that wish to locate in the UK.

The site is expected to help over 22,000 digital businesses in the next five years, potentially generating £350m in combined revenue.

'Silicon Roundabout' in Old Street, the heart of London's high-tech companies.

'Silicon Roundabout' in Old Street, the heart of London's high-tech companies.

Barclays Pingit app for Apple, Android and BlackBerry

Barclays Pingit app for Apple, Android and BlackBerry

A history of innovation

Success built on 300 years

We have a history of innovation, including pioneering the world’s first ATM in 1967 and launching new mobile payment services Barclays Pingit, Barclays Mobile Banking and Barclaycard PayTag in the UK this year.