On the Record · Barclays Bank
Barclays Bank acquisitions, on the record
The businesses Barclays Bank bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.
Deals its annual reports describe
| Business | Deal | When | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
German consumer finance businessWord for word“Loans and advances at amortised cost to banks and customers decreased £ 9.0 bn to £ 146.2 bn driven by loan repayments in CIB and th e transfer to held for sale of the German consumer finance business , partially offset by balance growth in CC&P.” 20-F for 2023 | divestiture | — | — |
Luxury Card's USWord for word“In 2 024, Goodwill has increased in the year by £ 263 m d ue to the acquisition of Luxury Card's US.” 20-F for 2024 | acquisition | — | — |
non-performing Italian retail mortgage portfolioWord for word“The sale completed in Q224, generating a loss on disposal of £220m.” 20-F for 2024 | agreed divestiture | — | — |
Italian mortgage portfolioWord for word“The £ 3.2 bn o f gross disposals reported within Retail mortgages relate to sale of the Italian mortgage portfolio.” 20-F for 2024 | divestiture | — | — |
US Cards receivables sold to BlackstoneWord for word“The £ 1.1 bn of gross disposals reported within Retail credit cards include £ 0.9 bn sale of outstanding US Cards receivables to Blackstone and £ 0.2 bn of other debt sale undertaken during the year.” 20-F for 2024 | divestiture | — | — |
Best Egg, Inc.Word for word“In Q3 2025, approved the acquisition of Best Egg, Inc. by Barclays Bank Delaware. ” 20-F for 2025 | agreed acquisition | Q3 2025 | — |
Read from Barclays Bank’s annual reports (20-F for 2025, 20-F for 2024, 20-F for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-02-10. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.