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Financial Services Financial And Insurance Activities Financial Service Activities, Except Insurance And Pension Funding 64.19 - Other monetary intermediation
350 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
2 April 2019
Employment effect (start)
2 April 2019
Foreseen end date
Description
The Swiss bank UBS has announced that it will create 350 new jobs at its UBS Business Solutions Poland in Zabierzów, which is located in the Kraków Technological Park (a special economic zone). The company plans to invest at least PLN 90 million (€20.88 million, USD 24.09 million) in the expansion of the centre. The project will envisage the expansion of the software department, the launch and development of IT services supporting IT infrastructure and IT production systems. UBS was founded over 150 years ago; currently, the bank employs over 62,000 people in 50 countries. In Poland, UBS has been operating since 2007. The bank has shared services centres in Kraków, Zabierzów and Wrocław. In Kraków region, the company employs 2,500 people.
Eurofound (2019), UBS Business Solutions Poland, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 97601, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/97601.
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