120 New Jobs for Droheda

Yapstone International to create 120 Jobs at new European Headquarters in Ireland 25/10/12

YapStone International Ltd., a leading provider of Web and mobile payment solutions and processing for targeted vertical markets, will create 120 jobs at their new EMEA headquarters in Drogheda, Co Louth, Ireland. The investment is supported by the Irish Government Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation through IDA (Industrial Development Agency) Ireland, the Government agency responsible for the attraction and development of foreign investment in Ireland.

Yapstone is a leading, global provider of Web and mobile payment solutions for targeted vertical markets, including vacation rentals, apartment rentals, commercial real estate, self-storage and non-profits.

Some of YapStone’s most popular products include:

• VacationRentPayment – The largest electronic payments processor to the vacation rental industry, with more than 1,300 vacation rental management companies globally, including VRBO and HomeAway.
• RentPayment – Trusted with billions of dollars in annual transactions, YapStone serves more than 3 million apartment units in the U.S. with a platform that enables thousands of property management companies to accept credit cards, debit cards and electronic checks online or via mobile phone.
• ParishPay – The industry leader in processing online donations for faith-based and other non-profit organizations, ParishPay has helped its clients raise more than $300 million in online donations.

YapStone International’s new headquarters will provide employment opportunities in the areas of customer support, research and development, software engineering, finance and accounting. Recruitment for these positions will begin immediately

YapStone has been recognized in the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies for the last 5 years. In 2011, Accel Partners and Meritech Capital Partners made a $50 million minority investment in YapStone.

Joe Robbins

(Director) BBS (Hons), MBPICS – Shannon Office

Joe Robbins is co-founder of CareerWise Recruitment. A graduate of the University of Limerick (Degree in Business Studies, 1985), Joe worked in the UK for five years where he specialised in materials management, production management and plant management for a number of companies.

He returned to Ireland in 1992 to become Operations Manager for a Cork-based start-up, FMC Automotive Division which was subsequently taken over by Snap-on Equipment. Joe managed the business re-location of this company to Shannon in 1997 before setting up CareerWise Recruitment in 1999.

He is a committee member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) Mid-West region, and a former Director and Vice President of the Shannon Chamber of Commerce. Joe is former Chairperson of the Sixmilebridge Camogie Club and current Chairperson of the Clare County Camogie Board.

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