Barclays UAE wins Banker Middle East Award

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About Barclays
Barclays is a major global financial services provider engaged in retail and commercial banking, credit cards, investment banking, wealth management and investment management services, with an extensive international presence in Europe, the USA, Africa and Asia.

With over 300 years of history and expertise in banking, Barclays operates in over 50 countries and employs 150,000 people. Barclays moves, lends, invests and protects money for over 42 million customers and clients worldwide.

Barclays has been a member of the UAE business community for more than 30 years, and services its clients through a network of 44 ATMs and 4 distribution points. It continues to invest heavily in the region and to expand the range of services offered to customers.

About GRCB Emerging Markets
GRCB Emerging Markets was formed in March 2007, bringing together Barclays long-established businesses in Africa with the newly created or re-launched businesses in the UAE, Egypt and India. In July 2008, the region was further expanded to include new operations in Pakistan and the acquisition of Expobank in Russia. In September 2008, Barclays announced the acquisition of Akita Bank in Indonesia, bringing the total business size to 15 markets. The region is managed out of Dubai and is led by Ahmed Khizer Khan.

GRCB Emerging Markets serves more than 3 million customers and employs more than 21,000 colleagues. Our presence in Africa spans Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ghana, Zambia, Botswana and Zimbabwe. We also have an established presence in Mauritius and Seychelles.

For more information please contact:
For Barclays
Umayma Abubakar
Head of Corporate Affairs
Barclays Bank Plc, UAE
Tel: 009714 3626740 (Direct)
Fax: 009714 3905019