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Information / Computing Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and other information service activities Web search portal activities and other information service activities 63.9 - Web search portal activities and other information service activities
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
26 March 2021
Employment effect (start)
26 March 2021
Foreseen end date
Description
English financial technology company Revolut has announced that it will create at least 200 new positions at its unit in Kraków. The company is to hire 120 employees in the financial crime operations department as well as 80 in the customer support department.
Headquartered in London, Revolut was founded in 2015. The company provides global financial applications for money transfer and exchange. Currently, the company employs 2,500 people worldwide, including 750 in Poland.
Eurofound (2021), Revolut, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 104108, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/104108.
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