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Financial / Insurance/ Estate 64 - Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding 64.1 - Monetary intermediation 64.19 - Other monetary intermediation
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
15 February 2011
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Online payments company PayPal has announced 150 new jobs at its site in Blanchardstown, Dublin, following a decision to expand its Irish operations. The new posts to be created by PayPal will be in customer service and merchant services, and will require applicants to be fluent in English and a second European lanaguage. PayPal already employs more than 1,200 people at its European headquarters in Dublin following a spate of successive expansions. The centre provides operational and customer support to PayPal's businesses across Europe.
Sources
16 February 2011: The Irish Times
Citation
Eurofound (2011), PayPal, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 71606, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/71606.