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Zacks Investment Research <\/p>\nBarclays BCS is strengthening its presence in youth banking by agreeing to acquire GoHenry\u2019s U.K. business from Acorns. The deal supports Barclays\u2019 strategy of building stronger relationships with families and higher-income households.<\/p>\n
Expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2026, pending regulatory approval, the acquisition will bring one of the U.K.\u2019s leading financial apps for children and teenagers under the Barclays umbrella.<\/p>\n
Founded in 2012, GoHenry offers a digital platform designed to help children and teenagers develop financial skills through a prepaid debit card, budgeting tools, savings features and educational content. The platform currently serves more than 500,000 children in the U.K. and has supported more than 2 million young people in learning how to manage money.<\/p>\n
Barclays plans to preserve the GoHenry brand and continue operating the standalone app after the acquisition. By adding GoHenry\u2019s established customer base and technology platform, Barclays will gain an opportunity to engage customers at an earlier stage of their financial lives and potentially retain those relationships into adulthood.<\/p>\n
The acquisition comes at a time when traditional banks are facing increasing competition from fintech companies that are attracting younger customers with digital-first financial products. By bringing GoHenry into its portfolio, Barclays aims to strengthen its position in the youth banking market while advancing its goal of serving customers throughout their financial journey \u2014 from a child\u2019s first debit card and savings account to wealth-building and retirement planning.<\/p>\n
Conclusion <\/p>\n
For Barclays, the acquisition represents an investment in future customer growth rather than a near-term earnings driver.<\/p>\n
While the transaction is expected to modestly reduce the bank\u2019s CET1 ratio by five basis points, management has indicated that it will not alter Barclays\u2019 financial targets.<\/p>\n
Over time, GoHenry is expected to strengthen Barclays\u2019 household banking franchise, enhance customer loyalty and create additional cross-selling opportunities across savings, investing and wealth management products.<\/p>\n
Barclays\u2019 Price Performance & Zacks Rank <\/p>\n
Over the past six months, BCS shares have gained 5%, underperforming the\u00a0industry\u2019s 11.5% growth.<\/p>\n
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Zacks Investment Research <\/p>\n
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Currently, Barclays carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). You can see\u00a0the complete list of today\u2019s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.<\/p>\n
Acquisitions by Other Finance Firms <\/p>\n
At the beginning of this month, U.S. Bancorp USB acquired BTIG, LLC, a transaction that strengthens the company\u2019s capital markets platform by adding institutional equity sales and trading, equity capital markets, equity electronic trading, and merger and acquisition advisory capabilities.<\/p>\n
The acquisition aligns with U.S. Bancorp\u2019s broader strategy to deepen its capital markets capabilities and diversify fee-based revenue streams. BTIG\u2019s expertise in institutional trading, equity capital markets and advisory services is expected to strengthen USB\u2019s ability to serve corporate and institutional clients through a more comprehensive suite of products and solutions.<\/p>\n
Last month, KKR & Co. Inc. KKR completed its previously announced acquisition of Arctos Partners, a premier institutional investor in professional sports franchise stakes globally and a provider of asset management solutions for sponsors. The transaction received the specified sports league approvals required for closing.<\/p>\n
The closing marks a major step in KKR\u2019s strategy to expand its alternative investment platform through sports investing, GP solutions and secondaries capabilities, while strengthening its sourcing and origination engine across private markets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barclays BCS is strengthening its presence in youth banking by agreeing to acquire GoHenry\u2019s U.K. business from Acorns.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63475,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[21264],"tags":[3343,5411,29669,8703],"class_list":["post-63474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-barclays","tag-barclays","tag-digital-platform","tag-gohenry","tag-zacks-investment-research"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116754902208613903","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}