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2003 - 2005. In 2003, Barclays bought the American credit card company Juniper Bank, changed its name to "Barclays Bank Delaware" The same year, Barclays acquired Banco Zaragozano , the 11th bank in Spain
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2003 - 2005 • In 2003, Barclays bought the American credit card company Juniper Bank, changed its name to "Barclays Bank Delaware" • The same year, Barclays acquired BancoZaragozano, the 11th bank in Spain • In 2005 Barclays acquired 54% of stake from Absa Group Limited, the largest back in South Africa
2006 - 2007 • In 2006, Barclays purchased the HomEq Servicing Corporation for $469 million in cash • The same year, saw the acquisition of the financial website “Comparetheloan” • In March 2007, Barclays announced to merge with ABN AMRO, the largest bank in the Netherlands • In 2007, Barclays agreed to purchase Equifirst Corporation for $225 million
Lehman Brothers acquisition in 2008 • On 16 September, Barclays announced to purchase the investment-banking and trading divisions of Lehman Brothers. In the deal, Barclays also acquired the New York headquarters building of Lehman Brothers. • On 20, Acquire the core business of Lehman Brothers (mainly Lehman's $960 million Midtown Manhattan office skyscraper, with responsibility for 9,000 former employees),
2009 to present • In 2009, Barclays sold its Global Investors unit, which includes its exchange traded fund business, iShares, to BlackRock for $13.5bn • The same year, Barclays bought Standard Life Bank • Also, Barclays bought consumer finance division from First Data, a global technology provider of information commerce • Barclay cut 3,000 jobs