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Barclays deploys Claude across global operations

Original title: Barclays scales Claude to upgrade operations and improve client experience

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What it is: Barclays is expanding its collaboration with Anthropic to deploy Claude across its global banking operations. The bank aims to improve customer service, modernize its systems, and increase operational efficiency.
How it works: Employees use Claude to find information quickly when helping customers, and to automatically sort and route client emails. Developers will also use Claude Code to help write and update software.
Where it is available: The system is being rolled out across Barclays' global operations, including its UK retail banking and Global Markets business.
Example: A tool called Colleague Knowledge Assistant helps over 16,000 Barclays UK employees quickly find information to support retail customers.

What it is: Barclays is scaling its integration of Anthropic's Claude models, including Claude Code, across its global operations and software development teams. The bank expects Claude Code to be adopted by 50% of its developers by the end of 2026 and a majority by 2027.
How it works: The bank uses a retrieval-augmented generation architecture for internal knowledge retrieval. It also deploys Claude models to classify, enrich, and route approximately 120,000 incoming emails daily in its Global Markets business, alongside applying robust security controls and human oversight.
Where it is available: The deployment applies to Barclays' global operations, specifically within its software engineering teams, UK retail banking division, and Global Markets business.
Example: The Colleague Knowledge Assistant uses a retrieval-augmented generation architecture to help 16,000 employees search and retrieve information for customer support.

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Barclays scales Claude to upgrade operations and improve client experience