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 In 2005 Barclays acquired 54% of stake from Absa Group Limited, the largest back in South Africa

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 2011 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, bought consumer finance division from First Data, a global technology provider of information commerce Barclay cut 3,000 jobs during 2011