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Financial Services Activities Auxiliary To Financial Services And Insurance Activities Activities Auxiliary To Financial Services And Insurance Activities 66.1 - Activities Auxiliary To Financial Services, Except Insurance And Pension Funding
70 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
15 May 2024
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2025
Foreseen end date
1 January 2028
Description
Lydia Solutions, a French fintech company, plans to recruit 400 employees over the next three years. The first wave in 2024 includes the hiring of 70 people. Currently, the company employs 250 people. This new workforce will focus on developing and enhancing their Sumeria application, which has expanded beyond simple peer-to-peer payment transfers to offer a full range of comprehensive banking services.
A previous business expansion was recorded in the ERM database, with plans to recruit 800 employees when Lydia had just 150 workers in 2021 Lydia Solutions 2021 - FR.
Eurofound (2024), Lydia Solutions, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 201773, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/201773.
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