Barclays to hire around 400 for S'pore IT ops-report

Reuters, 12 Feb 2009, Kevin Lim

SINGAPORE, Feb 12 (Reuters) - UK lender Barclays (BARC.L) plans to more than double staff at its global technology centre in Singapore to 650 by year-end, local media reported on Thursday.

Citing Barclay's chief executive for global retail and commercial banking operations Frits Seegers, Business Times said the UK bank's Singapore global technology centre currently employs around 250 people.

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