75 jobs to go at credit card firm

SEVENTY-FIVE jobs are to go at credit card payments processor Euroconex’s operations in Dublin and Arklow, Co Wicklow.

The company’s US parent, US Bancorp, said last night that it would axe 90 jobs in Euroconex, which employs 500 people in Ireland and a further 100 in the mainland Europe.

Euroconex hired 200 people in Ireland over the last 18 months.