Tagged: paris

September 30, 2026 @ 3:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Paris-based Marble, which builds infrastructure for real-time fraud detection and anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT) programs, has reportedly closed a €6.5 million funding round. The raise would add fuel to a company that has spent the past several years trying to give banks, fintechs,… Read More

September 25, 2026 @ 11:23 am By JD Alois  |  

Signal Week, formerly Paris Blockchain Week, is taking place July 6–7, 2027. The Digital Assets Industry Has Outgrown Its Events For years, the conversation about institutional digital asset adoption was about potential. But now, the industry has evolved, and the events have not kept up…. Read More

April 9, 2026 @ 5:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital bank Revolut, which claims to currently be serving more than 70 million customers across the globe- with over 7 million residing in France – announced it has entered a 10-year lease for its Western Europe head offices at the crossroads of the Bourse district,… Read More

January 12, 2024 @ 2:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Pacaso, the technology-enabled real estate marketplace that helps people buy, co-own, and sell a vacation home, announces its operational expansion into Paris, marking the company’s inaugural entry into the vibrant French real estate landscape. With the introduction of Paris, Pacaso marks its “expansion into 40… Read More

November 24, 2023 @ 8:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The AMF and the Paris Public Prosecutor’s Office urge retail investors “to be extremely vigilant regarding Immediate Connect’s fraudulent investment offer in crypto-assets.” Following an initial public warning issued by the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) last June, the regulator continues “to receive numerous enquiries… Read More

October 1, 2023 @ 11:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

France-based Mistral AI recently revealed its first generative artificial intelligence (AI) model in order to compete with US rivals in AI (which includes Meta Platforms Inc. and Microsoft Corportation-supported OpenAI). The Paris-headquartered firm is introducing a small-scale language model with around 7 billion parameters which… Read More

July 5, 2023 @ 2:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Founded in 2020, Silvr‘s mission is to make financing more accessible to SMEs. Silvr claims that it has rapidly become a European leader in short-term lending due “to its technology and innovative data processing tools.” This new securitized facility will “increase Silvr’s financing capacity., which… Read More

March 16, 2023 @ 8:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech firm Hokodo joins forces with French international banking group BNP Paribas in order to deliver a frictionless B2B Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) solution that “enables large multinational corporates to provide payment alternatives to their business customers.” Together, BNP Paribas and Hokodo will “offer… Read More

March 14, 2023 @ 8:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Alternative data specialist QuantCube Technology announced the availability of the QuantCube Industrial Production Indicator (IPI) nowcast – “providing a daily update on industrial production output in the U.S. market.” The indicator “measures year on year changes in outputs from the manufacturing, mining, electricity and gas… 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

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

June 25, 2022 @ 7:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Breega, the European VC built “by founders for founders,” has closed a €250 million venture fund and now celebrates the launch of a Barcelona office along with its London and Paris locations. The fund should enable Breega to finance founders at Series A stage and… Read More

April 20, 2022 @ 8:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

French Fintech Kard has introduced a range of virtual banking services that allows families to gain a better understanding of exactly where they spend their funds. These new features show Kard users the actual name of each brand, the corresponding logo or icon and the… Read More

April 5, 2022 @ 4:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Sandbox, a “decentralized” gaming metaverse and a subsidiary of Animoca Brands, and Ledger, the hardware and software security company in crypto and Web3, have partnered “to bring Ledger’s best-in-class security technology to The Sandbox’s global user base.” The partnership will “empower The Sandbox’s 2.2… Read More

March 31, 2022 @ 10:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FE fundinfo has confirmed that it acquired Funds360, the French fund data and solutions provider based in Fontainebleau and Paris, from Euronext. The transaction brings together FE fundinfo’s fund data and tech expertise in the United Kingdom, Continental Europe and Asia with Funds360’s complementary data-set… Read More

March 24, 2022 @ 8:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  Surecomp, which claims to be a market leader in international trade finance solutions for banking institutions and corporations, has confirmed that Societe Generale has now gone live with the latest version of its IMEX solution for back-office trade finance processing automation across four nations… Read More

March 16, 2022 @ 7:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Treezor, the European firm focused on Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) solutions, has obtained authorization from the ACPR in order to expand its activities and now “has all the payment service licenses (from 1 to 8).” The new authorizations (i.e. 1, 4, 6, 7 and 8) mean Treezor… Read More

February 2, 2022 @ 9:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Republic Realm, one of the “most active” developers of the Metaverse and NFT ecosystem, recently announced the introduction of the inaugural collection of GFTs in collaboration with Atari, one of the most “iconic” brands. GFTs are NFTs specifically designed for gifting, and they “initially appear… Read More

January 7, 2022 @ 3:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has appointed Raphael Auer as the Head of Innovation Hub Eurosystem Centre. Auer is presently a principal economist in the Innovation and the Digital Economy division of the BIS’s Monetary and Economic Department. He has “contributed extensively to BIS… Read More