Tagged: france

December 18, 2022 @ 1:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Thought Machine, the cloud-native banking technology company, announced that Bpifrance, the French public investment bank, is “using Thought Machine’s cloud-native core banking platform, Vault Core.” Bpifrance claims it is “the first bank in France to deploy Thought Machine’s modern cloud-native core banking platform, using Vault… Read More

December 12, 2022 @ 12:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

Enerfip, a France-based investment crowdfunding platform operating in the renewable energy sector, has gained approval to operate under ECSPR – European Crowdfunding Service Provider Regulation. Enerfip will now be able to raise capital online across all European Union member states. Issuers may raise up to… Read More

November 30, 2022 @ 8:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Extending their joint strategic commitment to modernize and enhance shareholder voting in the French market, Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR) and SLIB, a software editor for electronic voting and securities services based in France,  announced “the go-live of their joint end-to-end global voting solution.”… Read More

November 22, 2022 @ 10:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Low carbon building practices, crucial to achieving greenhouse gas emissions targets, “attracted record levels of venture capital funding in 2022 with investment levels soaring to $2.2bn.” Venture capital raised by companies involved in green building design, building materials procurement and lower carbon construction methods “has… Read More

November 7, 2022 @ 9:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The BIS Innovation Hub is launching a new project around central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and Decentralized Finance (DeFi) protocols “as part of its 2022 work program.” Project Mariana “explores automated market makers (AMM) for the cross-border exchange of hypothetical Swiss franc, euro and Singapore… Read More

October 27, 2022 @ 3:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has appointed Marie-Anne Barbat-Layani as its new Chair, replacing Robert Ophèle, whose term of office came to an end on July 31, 2022. In the interim, Jean-Claude Hassan has been acting Chair. Barbat-Layani is a graduate of the Paris… Read More

October 19, 2022 @ 1:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

SNCF, or the Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français, France’s national state-owned railway company. has selected a young Fintech firm AlmaPay to power its payments, including payments in installments or BNPL. SNCF is ubiquitous and widely utilized in France, generating almost €40 billion in… Read More

October 15, 2022 @ 2:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto.com, which claims to be the world’s fastest growing cryptocurrency platform, announced it will “invest €150 million in France to support the establishment of its market operations, including a regional headquarters in Paris.” This investment “follows Crypto.com being registered as a Digital Asset Service Provider… Read More

October 11, 2022 @ 9:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The volume, velocity and complexity of today’s sanctions screening landscape require “extraordinary” vigilance, backed by analytics and data orchestration that “empower always-on monitoring and immediate action.” To meet these modern-day thresholds, Paris-based Orange Bank teamed with SAS and Neterium “to achieve real-time sanctions screening in… Read More

October 10, 2022 @ 10:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Personal savings app provider Yeeld has raised 71% (€357,114.20) of its €500,000 target from 292 investors with 8 days left (at the time of writing) in the firm’s crowdfunding campaign carried out via Crowdcube. Yeeld reports a Pre-money valuation of €12,000,000; Equity: 4%; a €0.78… Read More

October 4, 2022 @ 12:01 am By JD Alois  |  

Following a €400 million funding round this past July, Casavo will launch in France bringing a “unique guaranteed sale offer” to its platform. Casavo was founded in Italy in 2017 and has since expanded into Spain and Portugal. The Proptech has acquired Proprioo – a… Read More

October 3, 2022 @ 10:17 am By JD Alois  |  

Boutique investment bank Avolta is out with an interesting report that indicates that France is bucking the trend when it comes to the global drop in venture capital funding for tech. In fact, France is predicted to hit an all-time high in 2022 for VC… Read More

September 30, 2022 @ 8:13 am By JD Alois  |  

The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) and Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR), have issued a statement warning the public about entities offering crypto derivatives and Forex investments without authorization. The regulators maintain a “black list” of websites that is periodically updated that… Read More

September 29, 2022 @ 8:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Younited, the instant credit provider in Europe, provides European households – in France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Germany – with financing solutions “for projects and purchases up to 50,000 euros.” This milestone is the “best proof” of the relevance of Younited’s offer to its customers:… Read More

September 29, 2022 @ 8:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto.com, which claims to be one of the world’s fastest-growing cryptocurrency platforms, announced it has been registered in France as a Digital Asset Service Provider (DASP) by the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) following clearance from the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR)…. Read More

September 26, 2022 @ 6:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Banque de France, the central bank of France, will hold an in-person event to discuss the Opportunities and Challenges of the Tokenisation of Finance, tomorrow, September 27, 2022. The event is taking place at the Musée du Louvre in Paris but it will also… Read More

September 22, 2022 @ 8:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

GoCardless, a provider of direct bank payment solutions, has launched Verified Mandates in France. Part of the GoCardless global ‘bank payment’ platform, Verified Mandates “combines the Account Information Services (AIS) capabilities of open banking with bank debit to stop fraud before it happens.” This represents… Read More

September 18, 2022 @ 5:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TS Imagine, a global platform focused on trading, portfolio, and risk management solutions for capital markets, announced that Varenne Capital, a Paris-based, process-driven, global investment manager, has selected TradeSmart OEMS, which is TS Imagine’s Order and Execution Management System, “to support its trading activities.” TradeSmart… Read More

September 6, 2022 @ 4:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

Villyz, an online investment platform based in Paris, says it has received approval to offer securities across the European Union under ECSPR (European Crowdfunding Service Provider Regulation). The new rules went into effect in November of 2021 allowing issuers to raise up to €5 million… Read More

September 5, 2022 @ 4:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

Open Banking Europe and Open Banking Exchange have combined to form a single group in pursuit of the benefits of open banking (open finance) technology. According to a statement from the new group, “subject matter experts and advisors to regulators, self-regulated organizations (SROs) and national… Read More