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Financial Services Financial And Insurance Activities Financial Service Activities, Except Insurance And Pension Funding 64.19 - Other monetary intermediation
430 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
7 February 2017
Employment effect (start)
7 February 2017
Foreseen end date
31 December 2017
Description
Danske Bank, one of the biggest Scandinavian financial services providers, intends to create 430 new jobs in Vilnius by the end of 2017. According to the management, the company is expanding the activities of its IT service centre and Global service centre in Lithuania. The IT service centre has already announced 130 vacancies for IT professionals; other 300 jobs will be created in the Global service centre.
Sources
7 February 2017: Verslo zinios
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Danske Bank, Business expansion in Lithuania, factsheet number 90164, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90164.
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