Global financial services provider, Barclays, on Friday launched its global retail and commercial bank India website in Hindi, the first foreign bank in the country to do so.

Barclays customers would now be able to access all the information about the bank and its products and services besides downloading account opening forms in seven languages -- English, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada.

Barclays Bank Plc's Global Retail and Commercial Banking, managing director, India and Indian Ocean, Samir Bhatia, said: "Barclays is committed to offering services that make banking easy and accessible to all."

"India is a very important market for Barclays globally. We serve people across all customer segments and the launch of the Hindi website only strengthens our commitment in this direction," Bhatia said.