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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
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
8 August 2011
Employment effect (start)
9 August 2011
Foreseen end date
Description
Global online payments firm PayPal is to create a further 200 jobs at its European headquarters in Blanchardstown, Dublin. PayPal, which allows customers to send money online without sharing financial information, opened its first office Dublin in 2003. Staff numbers have since increased from 25 to more than 1,350, on the back of successive expansions.
The latest new roles, announced in early August 2011, include customer service, risk operations, financial operations, sales and account management for individuals fluent in English and a second European language.
Sources
9 August 2011: The Irish Times
Citation
Eurofound (2011), PayPal, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 72283, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/72283.