Stability and innovation

Barclays has been operating in Ireland since the 1970s serving Irish and international individual, corporate and institutional clients for more than four decades. It is one of the world’s most financially stable and dependable banks, with a history of growth and innovation that dates from 1690.

Today, all our operations are backed by the global resources and experience of Barclays Group. This heritage provides the strongest foundation for Barclays Private Bank and ensures we can deliver the full capabilities of Barclays Group through our Dublin office.

Collaborating for your success

Located in Dublin’s central business district, our office employs over 200 staff and we tailor everything we do to your individual needs. We work closely with you and your advisors to protect, grow or pass on your wealth, in keeping with your background and goals. Through our private, corporate and investment banks, we offer Irish and international clients the very best that the global Barclays Group has to offer.

Barclays Private Bank is part of a celebrated banking history and tradition. We provide clients with an exclusive and specialist service that is backed by Barclays’ global operations and benefits from centuries of financial experience.

At the heart of this relationship is your dedicated Private Banker, who will gather the right team of experts from inside and outside the bank to meet your needs. We begin by fully understanding your background, financial personality and risk appetite, and what you want to achieve with your wealth. We then create a strategy for your success, managing your journey from start to finish.

A powerful blend of services

We adopt a long-term approach through a powerful blend of services that will cover all your current and evolving financial requirements. Our four core product areas are: personalised banking and savings, strategic solutions and investment services.

We also provide the very latest online and mobile banking services, catering to your everyday needs with our versatile and highly secure platform.

Client assets

As of 1 January 2024, Barclays Bank Ireland (BE) is subject to the Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Act 2013 (Section 48(1)) (Investment Firms) Regulations 2023 (the “Client Asset Regulations” or “CAR”). Under CAR, BE is required to provide retail clients with a client assets key information document (CAKID) which explains:

• The key features of the CAR applying to the safeguarding of client assets, 
• What constitutes client assets under the regime,
• The circumstances in which CAR applies and does not apply, 
• The circumstances in which BE will hold client assets, deposit client assets with a third party and deposit client assets with a third party outside the State,
• The arrangements that apply to holding client assets and the risks associated with these arrangements. 

BE will inform you in the case of any material changes to how we safeguard your assets or this document.

Client Assets Key Information Document (CAKID) [PDF, 136KB]

The following is a list of all third parties with whom BE Private Bank deposits client assets:

Irish Client Asset Requirements – Reg. 59(1)(f) Disclosure [PDF, 219KB]

The Payment Services Directive (PSD2)

The revised Payment Services Directive, better known as PSD2, is a European regulation aimed at bringing increased competition, transparency and security in payment services.

The European Commission leaflet ‘Your rights when making payments in Europe’ [PDF, 334KB] provides helpful information on PSD2.

Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation

As of 10 March 2021, Barclays Bank Ireland (BBI) is subject to the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR).

This is part of a broader package of legislative tools designed to redirect capital towards sustainable businesses and harmonise disclosures to end investors in relation to:

• Integration of “sustainability risks” (which BBI refers to as Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Risks)
• Consideration of adverse sustainability impacts
• Products that have sustainable investment objectives
• Products that promote environmental or social characteristics.

For further information on how this has been addressed by BBI, see our SFDR page.

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