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Financial Services Financial And Insurance Activities Financial Service Activities, Except Insurance And Pension Funding 64.1 - Monetary intermediation
150 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
23 February 2018
Employment effect (start)
23 February 2018
Foreseen end date
Description
Polish bank Getin Bank, part of Noble Bank, has announced that it will relocate its banking operation centre from Wrocław to Jastrzębie Zdrój and Warsaw. The relocation will result in dismissing up to 150 employees trough a collective dismissal programme. The goal of the relocation is to optimise business processes and improve the bank’s financial effectiveness. The source revealed the bank posted a PLN 239 million (EUR 57 million) loss during the first quarters of 2017. Getin Bank provides services to individual and business clients. Its services are available at over 500 units across the country.
Sources
23 February 2018: Money.pl
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Getin Bank, Relocation in Poland, factsheet number 93565, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/93565.
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