barclays is one of the uk’s largest commercial and retail banks british bank barclays plc said wednesday its thirdquarter profit rose 10 reflecting increased use of consumer credit cards and stockmarket volatility that boosted trading revenue net profit rose to £15 billion equivalent to 17 billion in the three months through september compared with the same period a year earlier analysts had expected it to report a profit of about £12 billion according to estimates compiled by the londonbased bank