City of Sumter - Department of Growth and Development

Synovus Call Center Added To Sumter

Synovus Financial Corp, parent company of The National Bank of South Carolina (NBSC) will consolidate its call center operations to Sumter County. The call center will serve NBSC and Synovus customers throughout the southeast from the Bank’s operations center located in Sumter. The $1.7 million investment is expected to create 100 new jobs.

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Sykes Coming To Sumter

SYKES, a leading business outsourcing company, will soon be hiring as many as 400 people in Sumter.

The Tampa, Fla.-based SYKES operates call centers around the country and has contracted with a leading communications provider for the facility here, said Burnett, who declined to name the company. Officials with the company have leased space in the Sumter Mall, where they are constructing a new call center.

SYKES is a global leader of business process outsourcing. The company contracts with Fortune 1000 companies around the world, primarily in the communications, financial services, healthcare, technology and transportation and leisure industries.