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Administrative Services Office Administrative, Office Support And Other Business Support Activities Business Support Service Activities N.E.C. 82.91 - Activities of collection agencies and credit bureaus
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
17 March 2021
Employment effect (start)
17 March 2021
Foreseen end date
31 December 2021
Description
Intrum, a Swedish Credit Management Services company, aims to strengthen its business with banks and financial institutions and to accelerate its development in the trade receivables market by hiring 100 new employees in 2021 in France. The company plans to recruit litigation lawyers from the banking sector or collection managers.
Intrum represents more than 10,000 professionals working for some 80,000 private companies and players in the insurance and banking sector across Europe. In 2020, the company generated a turnover of €1.7 billion. Intrum France currently employs 650 people, including 80 people hired in 2020.
Eurofound (2021), Intrum, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 104485, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/104485.
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