05.22.07
Barclays Seychelles opens new branch
Barclays Bank has announced that tomorrow, on May 23, 2007, a new retail branch of Barclays Bank (Seychelles) will open at the Providence Industrial Zone.
The branch located in the P&J building complex will work from 8.30 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. Monday to Friday to offer all the normal branch services such as cashiering transactions, ATM services and loan processing.
As it has been said by the bank’s rpresentative, new branch opening is part of the Barclays Bank’s strategy to expand its retail footprint across the different groups of population in order to bring services closer to customers and the public as such.
Providence Industrial Zone has been chosen because over the years it has seen an increased level of business activity, and the bank believes this trend will continue in future.
The new branch is expected to bring quick benefit to bank’s customers as far as they will have possibility to choose the closest branch and to shift their banking to wherever is convenient for them.
Frank Hoareau, the managing director of Barclays Bank (Seychelles) Ltd., commented on this improvement the following way: “This is indeed an important milestone in our operation here in Seychelles which brings a lot of pride to our staff and our customers. It shows our commitment to them and the country, that Barclays is prepared to continually invest to improve on what we have to offerâ€. He also added that bank’s customers will get excellent service when, where and how they want it. Hoareau has no doubt that new branch of Barclays Bank (Seychelles) will be tremendously beneficial to businesses in the area.