Juniper Bank - the smartest choice!

Juniper Financial Corporation, a privately held company headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, operates Juniper Bank as a division of Columbus Bank and Trust Company of Columbus, Georgia. Juniper offers a wide array of financial products and services and the ability for consumers to access account information, transfer funds and pay bills via the Internet, phone or wireless devices. The company has received more than $114 million in funding from such investors as Benchmark Capital, J&W Seligman, Sonera Corporation, Total Technology Ventures, Aether Systems, Fifth Third Bancorp and others.

Later, Juniper financial corporation was acquired by Barclays PLC, Barclays Bank Delaware. Barclays Bank acquired the credit card issuer, Juniper Financial Corporation from CIBC for a total cash consideration of US$293 million on August 18, 2004, and this transaction resulted in Barclaycard, entering the US credit card market through the acquisition of one of North America's fastest growing issuers.

Juniper Financial Corporation is today, a member of the Barclays Group and provides co-branded credit cards and credit card services to leading U.S. companies, financial institutions and not-for-profit organizations such as AirTran Airways, Carnival Cruise Lines, Frontier Airlines, Gulf Petroleum, Mazda, Midwest Airlines and Sinclair Oil. Barclays is an international financial services group involved in banking for more than 300 years. It operates in over 60 countries, with 76,200 employees and over 2,900 branches worldwide.

Ever since the acquisition, Barclays has become one of the world's largest global financial services providers primarily offering banking, investment banking and investment management services. With a global presence in over 60 countries, Barclays proudly serves over 20 million customers and employs more than 110,500 people worldwide. Barclaycard is also one of the largest global credit card companies with 14.9 million credit card customers around the world.

The site is done elegantly in shades of moss green and tea green and is pleasing to the eye. The home page looks smart and has no cluttered information on it. Upon entering the site, the very first thing users are asked to is to log in to their account. New users can set up a new user name and account. With all this and more, Juniper bank can rightly be called a bank that empowers consumers with greater flexibility and control over their finances and is driven by a goal to make banking easier for customers by offering innovative products and services that simplify their financial lives.