Barclays Bank is one of Britain's biggest commercial bank, headquartered in London. 1998, total assets of $ 365.2 billion. Barclays Bank is located in HSBC and Royal Bank of Scotland after Britain's third-largest banking company. Barclays Bank in around 60 countries operating in the UK with more than 2,100 branches. Consumer and corporate banking operations of Barclays bank, credit card, mortgage, escrow, and leasing business, in addition to private banking business.
Barclays Bank to provide financial services to the UK as the center, main business is banking and investment industry. If measured by assets, Barclays Bank is one of the UK's largest financial banks. Barclays Bank has branches in many other countries, is an influential international banks. Barclays Bank has had 300 years of history, business scope to cover more than 60 countries, including all financial centers. To June 2000, Barclays Bank in the world there are about 70,300 employees, of which 52,300 work in the UK.
Barclays bank through bank branches, automated teller machines, telephone, internet to the UK personal customers and small business sector, some African Group offers a range of services. In addition, Barclays Bank also wealthy people around the world providing property management services, especially investment, asset valuation, long-term financial planning business.
Barclays Bank in the market risk management using a stress test on value at risk, the annual income and economic capital in the insurance and other methods and techniques. DVaR using historical simulation method, using two years of historical data to calculate, while taking advantage of back testing method validation. AEaR main measure of annual earnings sensitivity to changes in market interest rates, 99% confidence interval, the time span of one year, mainly used to measure structural interest rate risk and asset risk management structure.
