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Financial Services Financial And Insurance Activities Financial Service Activities, Except Insurance And Pension Funding 64.1 - Monetary intermediation
160 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
1 August 2013
Employment effect (start)
2 August 2013
Foreseen end date
31 December 2013
Description
Danske Bank, one of the biggest financial services providers in Scandinavia, intends to create 160 new jobs in Vilnius by the end of 2013. According to the management, Danske Bank is expanding the activities of its shared service centre in Lithuania. The total number of employees working at the service centre is supposed to reach 300 units by the end of 2013. Currently Danske Bank shared service centre employs 140 employees.
Sources
2 September 2013: Verslo zinios
Citation
Eurofound (2013), Danske Bank, Business expansion in Lithuania, factsheet number 75856, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/75856.
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