Barclays has issued 3,760 business loans valued at £737m and granted 238,000 customers mortgage and loan payment holidays.
Barclays is to set aside £2.1bn to cover a surge in bad debts caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis.
Profits for Q1 2020 were down to £923m, 38% less than during the same period in 2019.
Jes Staley, CEO at Barclays, said: "The impact of COVID-19 came late in what was until that point a good quarter. Statutory profit before tax was £0.9bn and profit before tax excluding credit impairment charges was £3.0bn.
"We have taken a £2.1bn credit impairment charge which reflects our initial estimates of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic."
Staley also said that the rest of the year looked difficult for the bank.
He added: “Given the uncertainty around the developing economic downturn and low interest rate environment, 2020 is expected to be challenging,”
Barclays has issued 3,760 business loans valued at £737m and granted 238,000 customers mortgage and loan payment holidays.
More than six million customers and clients are not currently paying personal overdraft or business banking charges.
