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Financial Services Financial And Insurance Activities Financial Service Activities, Except Insurance And Pension Funding 64.99 - Other financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding n.e.c.
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
15 July 2022
Employment effect (start)
15 July 2022
Foreseen end date
31 July 2027
Description
Regulatory solutions company FinTrU is to create 300 new jobs over the next five years in Letterkenny, Co Donegal. The new roles will be in areas including compliance, legal, risk and controls, operations and client authentication controls. The company has also launched a graduate recruitment programme, the Fintru Financial Services Academy.
FinTrU designs technology for investment banks to meet their regulatory obligations. It has its headquarters in Belfast, Northern Ireland and currently employs 1,000 employees worldwide in Belfast, Derry, Dublin, London, Maastricht, and New York.
Eurofound (2022), FinTru, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 107243, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/107243.
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