Citicorp plans to hire more foreign-exchange spot traders in  London in response to customer demand and to strengthen its spot dealing   team, the bank announced last week.   
A spokeswoman said the bank is negotiating with three foreign-exchange  spot dealers and expects to announce hires within a few weeks. 
  
Citicorp also said it has hired Bob Barnett, formerly of HSBC Holdings  PLC, as a foreign-exchange dealer. Citicorp would increase its already   strong share of currency exchange markets if it completes the planned   merger with Travelers Group Inc.     
The merger could allow the combined company to consolidate the currency  exchange transactions of Travelers, the parent company of Salomon Smith   Barney, thereby taking a bigger slice of the $1.2 trillion per day global   currency market.     
  
According to a recent survey, Citicorp holds the biggest share of the  currencies market-over 8% of daily trading volume.