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2016 was a pivotal year for Barclays, embarking on one of
its largest restructurings in its history designed to make
the bank smaller, better capitalised, and less leveraged
and more geographically anchored on its core UK and US
geographic markets. In addition the bank had to contend
with regulatory pressures as well as the effects of Brexit.
Diagrams 7 and 8 set the scene in terms of the
restructuring by showing the life cycles of Barclays’
branches and geographic markets and technology
developments as well as funds flow.
Life Cycle Life Cycle
Branches/Africa Technology
Branches
Africa
Technology
Diagram 9
In terms of the life cycles of the branches and African
markets both, although at different stages of their life
cycles, are seen as requiring too great an investment or
simply using up too great an amount of funds.
