Barclaycard announced the expansion of its Wilton, Maine operations. It plans to add 200 jobs.
Patrick Wright, COO of Barclaycard, stated that the company will add 100 jobs within the first year, with 100 more to follow after. Barclaycard has been operating at its facility in Wilton since 2008, providing inbound telephone support for its card services and for its many partners.
Maine Gov. Paul R. LePage was on hand to congratulate the company and tout the economic success he said was the result of his administration’s policies to make Maine more business-friendly.
“We congratulate Barclaycard on its investment and expansion in western Maine,” said LePage. “The company is a solid, reputable and dynamic part of the Maine economy, and we look forward to watching them continue to grow in our state. Their success makes us even more determined to keep improving Maine’s overall competitiveness so we can increase our ability to attract private investment.”
Barclaycard is an international financial services provider engaged in retail and commercial banking, credit cards, investment banking, investment management, and wealth management.
At U.S. operations, based in Wilmington, Barclaycard employs 1,300, with a high percentage of those positions in Wilmington and Newark.
Maine saw an influx of credit card jobs from Wilmington-based MBNA in the 1990s, but has seen the loss of many of those jobs under MBNA’s successor Bank of America.
