Barclays’ adjusted pre-tax profits increased
by 13% in the six months to 30 June 2012 to £4.2bn ($6.6bn) as
compared to the same period a year ago.  

Barclays’ pre-tax profits for retail and
business banking increased by 15% to £1.68bn.

Total assets for Barclays rose to £1.63trn on
30 June 2012, an increase from £1.56trn in the year ago period.

The cost income ratio improved by 3 percentage
points from 64% in 30 June 2011 to 61%.

In the UK, adjusted pre-tax profit from the
retail unit increased by 6% year-on-year – from £704.

Barclays chairman, Marcus Agius, apologised
about the recent Libor scam and said that these remain challenging
times for Barclays, as well as the industry.

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“However our leadership continues to focus on
the delivery of our financial performance targets and on building a
platform for sustainable long term growth. Our customers and
clients are at the heart of what we do. I am confident we can and
will repair the reputational damage done to our business in their
eyes and those of all our stakeholders,” Agius added.

Retail banking income in the
UK

• Number of UK current accounts increased slightly from 11.7m to
  12m;
• Number of UK savings accounts increased from 15m to 15.6m;
• And UK mortgage accounts rose from 925,000 to 932,000;
• Income declined 2% to £2,205m driven by lower net fees and
  commissions;
• Customer deposits increased to £113.9bn from £108.3bn in the
  year-ago period;
• Number of branches in the UK decrease by 20 units to 1,614 and
  the number of full-time employees were cut by a 100 to
  34,100. 

Retail banking income in
Europe

• The pre-tax loss improved by 43% to 92m in June 2012 from
  161m;
• The bank reduced 169 units – approximately one in seven
  branches – cutting down from 1,120 units in June 2011 to 951;
• The total number of customers also reduced from 2.7m to
  2.6m.

Retail and business banking in
Africa

• Barclays Africa’s retail and business banking saw a 20% decline
  in pre-tax profit to £274m for the six months to end-June;
• Total income decreased by 8% to £1.7bn
• Customer deposits decreased from £24.2bn to £22.3bn
  year-on-year;
• Customer numbers, however, increased from 14.5m to 14.8m;
• Branch numbers also increased by 25 units to 1,342 units from a
  year-ago, and the bank increased its ATM distribution network by
  549 units to 10,365.

Barclaycard

• Showing the strongest business results, the adjusted pre-tax
  profit for Barclaycard increased by 32% from 571m in June 2011 to
  753m in June 2012;
• The number of UK card customers rose from 22.2m to 23m.

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