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Information / Communication Information Service Activities Digital Infrastructure Services 63.11 - Data processing, hosting and related activities
250 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
20 October 2021
Employment effect (start)
20 October 2021
Foreseen end date
20 October 2024
Description
Payback, a loyalty programme owned Loyalty Partner Polska, has announced that it will create 250 jobs at its new technology hub in Warsaw within the next three years. The source reports that about 100 positions are expected to be created by the end of 2021. The company is looking for IT specialists, analysts, specialists in Big Data and marketing. The Warsaw hub will provide its services to all countries where the loyalty programme is operational. The company plans to invest almost $50 million (€43.09 million) in the project.
Payback was founded in 2000 in Germany. Currently, the programme is owned by Loyalty Partner, a subsidiary of American Express, and is available in Germany, Poland, Austria, Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary and Mexico.
Eurofound (2021), Loyalty Partner Polska, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 105472, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/105472.
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