France

Société Générale acquires French digital sales platform Reezocar

The bank wants to expand the car sales start-up’s insurance and financing.

Advanzia Bank signs Backbase to power three new mobile apps

The new applications have gone live across France, Austria, and Spain.

French telecoms firm launches prospective challenger bank

Noelse is still in the very early stages of development.

Worldline completes $8.6bn acquisition of Ingenico

Worldline claims to have created the world’s fourth-largest payments firm.

Yolt to launch Mastercard debit card through PPS partnership

Money management app takes a deeper step into the payments sphere.

Neobank Vybe plans 300,000 new customers in UK and France

Vybe’s CEO claims the challenger already has 950,000 people signed up and ready.

Crédit Agricole subsidiary Linxo unveils bank transfer payment solution

The solution is already connected to the main banks in France which have opened up their APIs.

French firm Idemia launches green cards for banks

“We’re now trying to change the paradigm to reusable tech,” says Barrot.

French lendtech October raises €258m

€200 million of investment is headed towards Italian firms alone.

Trio of European start-ups raise fresh funding

Factris, KodyPay, and Swan all complete funding rounds this week.

Sustainability fintech Helios aims to reduce users’ carbon footprints

French fintech wants to help users reduce the impact of their spending on the planet.

BNP Paribas joins IBM Cloud as European anchor client

French banking giant to become leading user of IBM’s cloud tech.

France’s central bank announces partner list for CBDC experiments

The bank says it will begin work in the “coming days”.

HSBC France to cut 38% of global banking and markets jobs

It’s seeking to cut 255 of 678 jobs by the end-2021 as part of a broader plan to reduce costs.

Sopra Banking Software taps Tink’s data channel

Sopra Banking Software serves roughly 1,500 banks and financial institutions.

Société Générale to acquire French neobank Shine

The deal is thought be be around €100 million.

Memo Bank launches business offering and lands €20m

The funding round was led by Paris-based BlackFin Capital Partners.

Emrys La Carte picks FSS Technologies for card issuance

French cooperative to replace paper-based system.

Europe battles on with digital tax plans despite US walk out

Almost 140 countries are part of the talks to bring in a digital tax.

Société Générale launches new Banxup account for teens

The bank has also overhauled its app for adults.

iBanFirst raises $21m in Series C funding

The raise was initially interrupted by COVID-19.

US and French regulators team up to ease fintech market entry

Both regions want to boost their statuses as financial technology hubs.

Societe Generale tests digital euro with Banque de France

The bank hopes the test will pave the way for a more simplified market infrastructure.

Worldline continues acquisition streak with ecommerce gateway GoPay

Worldline will take over 53% of the stake in GoPay, and buy the rest in 2022.

Challenger Zelf to launch banking offering solely through messenger apps

“We have migrated into the top screen time for Gen Z’s and millennial’s,” says founder.

Spendesk co-founder departs after 12 month-long discussions

The remaining co-founders Ardant and Guilhem are gearing up to double the team again.

French markets regulator backs extension of short-selling ban

“I would probably be in favour of extending [the ban],” says chairman of the AMF.

France’s central bank opens applications for digital currency experiment

Applications are due by 15 May 2020.

BNP Paribas snaps up Banco Sabadell depository unit in €115m deal

The unit holds assets worth €22 billion in custody.

Santander’s PagoFX to launch in Spring and rival TransferWise

The venture now has a 50-person London-based team.

UK paytech Checkout.com buys French start-up ProcessOut

Checkout.com buys another module in the payments process.

Wematch hosts “first fully electronic” Eurex-LCH basis swap trade

The swap was piloted between Societe Generale and LBBW.

Worldline to buy rival Ingenico for $8.6bn

Worldline says the acquisition will create the fourth biggest player in the global payments sector.

Crédit Agricole acquires majority stake in aggregation fintech Linxo

French cooperative to own 85% of Linxo after deal.

Goldman leads LumApps $70m Series C funding

The French start-up hits $100m in total funding.

Qonto raises €5m via crowdfunding

Qonto raises $115m round led by Tencent

The SME challenger bank says it’s the largest funding round ever for a French fintech.

Lydia raises €40m in Tencent-led Series B funding round

Tencent-backed funding to be used to avoid “costly mistakes”.

BNP Paribas extends deal with Temenos

The two are agreeing to work together until 2028.

White paper: Next-generation acquiring in Mediterranean countries

What merchant acquirers should do to outperform increasing competition from new entrants.

Sopra Steria completes acquisition of Fidor Solutions

Sopra on the hunt to boost its digital banking product portfolio.

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