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The future of jobs at a bank’s customer service departments is uncertain amid fears they may be outsourced abroad. Vanquis Banking Group, which has a large centre at Chatham Maritime, is taking steps to transfer employees’ roles to call centre companies in South Africa. As part of the revised operation, there may be some redundancies, a spokesman has confirmed. The number of roles at risk has not been confirmed. Vanquis, formerly known as Provident Financial, has also announced more than 90 new positions at its sites in Chatham, Bradford and Petersfield. The company has already confirmed the t…

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