Tagged: france

December 19, 2023 @ 8:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The EIB Group (European Investment Bank, EIB, and European Investment Fund, EIF) has signed its fourth synthetic securitization transaction with BNP Paribas (EPA: BNP) since 2017. Similar to the three previous transactions, its investment will “support small and medium-sized companies while contributing to the transition… Read More

December 12, 2023 @ 2:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Aria, a Fintech based in France that is a payments and credit platform, has raised €15 million in funding, according to a note from the company. 13books Capital led the funding round with the participation from Adevinta Ventures, Otium Capital, Ankaa Ventures, and individual investors,… Read More

December 6, 2023 @ 10:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Horiz.io, an SaaS platform aiming to simplify real estate investment for property search, yield calculation & rental management, has secured over €200,000 from more than 210 investors at the time of writing via its crowdfunding campaign, carried out via Crowdcube with currently less than two… Read More

December 5, 2023 @ 8:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The pan-European Fintech Fourthline selected as Qonto’s technology solution in the verification of customer compliance during onboarding (KYC) in France, Spain and Italy. Fourthline is a European fintech founded in 2017 that “has developed a technology suite enabling financial services providers to carry out KYC… Read More

November 29, 2023 @ 7:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bigcrafters, the new digital delivery platform for artisan products powered by Estrella Galicia, has selected Mangopay, a modular and flexible payment infrastructure provider for marketplaces and platforms, as its new payment partner. Through its new Spanish marketplace, Bigcrafters aims to “make it easy for consumers… Read More

November 26, 2023 @ 9:46 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Lymo Finance, the world’s first real estate crowdfunding platform, is now owned by Walliance, another real estate crowdfunding platform based in Italy, according to an announcement. Walliance said the acquisition is part of its expansion plans in the European market. Lymo, which has an investment… 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

November 13, 2023 @ 6:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The ACPR and AMF encourage financial institutions to continue their efforts to take account of the vulnerability of ageing clients The joint unit of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution (ACPR) and the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) has published a summary of… Read More

October 27, 2023 @ 10:51 am By JD Alois  |  

The French Autorite des Marches Financiers (AMF)and the US Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have signed an MOU [memorandum of understanding] to collaborate on supervised firms. The AMF regulates securities as well while the CFTC is focused on commodities and futures. As financial services have… Read More

October 25, 2023 @ 10:06 am By JD Alois  |  

Ledger, best known for its hardware digital wallets, is now offering tokenization services via its enterprise division or turning assets into digital assets. In a blog post, Legder said it was “unlocking institutional opportunities” as more firms look to leverage distributed ledger technology to issue… Read More

October 23, 2023 @ 9:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Smart Lenders AM, a Paris-based investor in online loans, has announced a partnership with UK-based Ooodles, a financing firm for tech products. Erich Bonnet, Président of Smart Lenders, said that they are providing capital via their Lending Smart Fund 1, participating in the early financing… Read More

October 20, 2023 @ 2:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Mon Petit Placement, a France-based Fintech, has raised €6.5 Million in growth funding, according to a statement by the firm. The funding round was led by La France Mutualiste, a mutual group that supports more than 290,000 member customers which manages €8.8 billion in assets…. Read More

October 16, 2023 @ 9:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Founded in 2017 in the Netherlands, Fourthline has developed a technological suite that enables financial service providers to automatically and compliantly perform KYC (Know Your Customer) and AML (Anti-Money Laundering) procedures in accordance with local requirements. Fourthline offers a single API “to streamline the onboarding… Read More

October 16, 2023 @ 8:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The AMF announces the appointment of its new Secretary General, Sébastien Raspiller Following a decision by the Chair of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), Sébastien Raspiller will be “appointed Secretary General of the AMF on 16 October 2023.” He replaces Benoît de Juvigny, who… Read More

October 9, 2023 @ 8:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Getsafe, Europe’s neo-insurer based in Germany, has entered into an agreement to acquire the German customer base of French insurtech Luko. With over 550,000 customers across Germany, the UK, France, and Austria, Getsafe “is rapidly expanding its reach in Europe.” The acquisition covers Luko’s entire… Read More

October 4, 2023 @ 9:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Homki, which aims to transform the real estate industry, has raised 118% (€355,308) of its €300,000 target from 157 investors (at the time of writing) via its crowdfunding campaign, carried out via Crowdcube with 14 days left in the sale. Homki says its mission is… Read More

October 3, 2023 @ 8:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The AMF is warning the public against several companies “proposing atypical investments without being authorized to do so.” France‘s Autorité des Marchés Financiers explains that it regularly “updates its black lists of new websites and entities proposing atypical investments to investors in France without being… 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

September 30, 2023 @ 3:40 pm By Michael Wong  |  

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has successfully completed Project Mariana, a collaborative endeavor with the central banks of France, Singapore, and Switzerland, aiming to explore the potential of wholesale central bank digital currencies (wCBDCs) in cross-border trading and settlement between financial institutions. Developed jointly… Read More

September 26, 2023 @ 9:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Mangopay, a very successful European Fintech, has revealed a partnership with publicly traded VTEX (NYSE: VTEX), according to a company statement. VTEX is a digital commerce platform that serves big companies with more than 2600 customers. Mangopay is a payments infrastructure firm that has garnered… Read More