Tagged: paris

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

December 2, 2021 @ 10:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) has reportedly announced several appointments within its Sustainability Centre in order to accelerate and strengthen its sustainable investment offering. As mentioned in an update shared with CI: “At the core of BNPP AM’s approach to sustainability, the Sustainability Centre… Read More

November 24, 2021 @ 8:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Paris-based Société Générale S.A. (GLE.PA), a French multinational investment bank and financial services company with around €1.3 trillion in assets, says it is putting its trust in data and AI in order to help the organization with transitioning into the digital age. As the institution… Read More

September 26, 2021 @ 7:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Entrust, a US digital security and credential issuance service provider, reveals that it has entered a deal to acquire Paris-headquartered Antelop Solutions, a Fintech firm that supports financial institutions by allowing them to provide secure digital credit and debit cards to clients. As noted by… Read More

August 5, 2021 @ 8:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based TrueLayer, which is one of Europe’s leading Open Banking platforms, reveals that Clement Boulais has now joined the company as GM for France. Clement Boulais is an experienced commercial manager and Fintech expert. He’ll be working out of the firm’s Paris offices and will… Read More

July 29, 2021 @ 8:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Board of Directors at Capgemini SE, chaired by Paul Hermelin, convened on July 27, 2021 in Paris in order to review and adopt the accounts of Capgemini Group for H1 2021. Aiman Ezzat, CEO at Capgemini Group, said that Capgemini has been able to… Read More

July 24, 2021 @ 6:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cross-border payments Fintech Thunes revealed earlier this week that it acquired Limonetik, a European Payment Methods Platform. The latest acquisition by Thunes should complement the Fintech firm’s existing cross-border payments solutions by enabling companies or businesses to get paid in 70 different countries, using more… Read More

June 26, 2021 @ 2:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PriceHubble, a B2B Proptech firm, has finalized its fourth acquisition by adding Czech Proptech company Realtify. Pricehubble is currently operating in nine different countries. As noted by its management: “PriceHubble is a PropTech company, set to radically improve the understanding and transparency of real estate… Read More