Tagged: france

August 2, 2024 @ 9:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

At Ledger, their mission is to make digital ownership easy to use without ever compromising on security or self-custody. Ledger says that it aims to “to deliver the best security architecture; resilient by design and without compromise, for individuals and enterprises.” Ledger points out that… Read More

July 29, 2024 @ 2:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On 25 July 2024, BNP Paribas arranged and placed the first ever Sovereign digital bond issuance for Eurozone and EMEA, the Republic of Slovenia with on-chain settlement using the Banque de France’s (BdF) tokenized Cash solution provided within the European Central Bank’s (ECB) wholesale central… Read More

July 23, 2024 @ 8:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ledger is pleased to announce the latest evolution in our partnership with Best Buy. Ledger customers now have the option “to buy a Ledger device online on Ledger.com and pick it up the same day in Best Buy stores across the US.” As a staple… Read More

July 17, 2024 @ 9:26 am By JD Alois  |  

Paris-based Mangopay has announced a global partnership with ManoMano. Mangopay is a European Fintech success story that enables digital payments and specializes in supporting marketplaces. ManoMano is another French Fintech that targets the DIY, home improvement, and gardening sectors. ManoMano currently operates in six markets, including France, Belgium, Spain,… Read More

July 5, 2024 @ 8:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Banque de France (BDF) and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) are pleased to announce their collaboration relating to wholesale central bank digital currency (wCBDC). The BDF and the HKMA have been “maintaining a close partnership in promoting financial innovation.” The latest collaboration is… Read More

July 1, 2024 @ 9:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has released a summary of its SPOT inspections of financial management delegation arrangements at asset management companies. During short, thematic inspections, the AMF looked “at the delegation arrangements of five asset management companies.” Delegation of financial management is “a… Read More

June 27, 2024 @ 3:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Circle, a global financial technology firm and the issuer of USDC and EURC, has recently announced that it has joined Adan. Adan, an association bringing together professionals in the digital asset and blockchain sector throughout France and Europe, reportedly has “over 200 member companies and… Read More

June 21, 2024 @ 5:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) and the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR) in France have published the 4th edition of their joint report on the monitoring and assessment of the climate commitments made by Paris financial centre participants. This report is… Read More

June 18, 2024 @ 11:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The ACPR and AMF Joint Unit for Insurance, Banking and Retail Investment has released its 2023 Annual Report. Over the last two years, rising interest rates and inflation have “changed retail investors’ expectations of financial products, leading the authorities to adapt their supervision of commercial… Read More

June 14, 2024 @ 6:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

Spiko, co-founded in 2023 by Paul-Adrien Hyppolite and Antoine Michon, has raised €4 million in pre-seed funding. Spiko is a tokenization platform that claims to be the first provider in the world to offer fully tokenized Money Market Funds (MMFs). The digital assets leverage both… Read More

June 14, 2024 @ 8:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, announced a range of product and partnership updates for businesses operating in France. This represents Stripe’s largest set of new products “for the French market since launching in the country in 2016.” Starting this summer, Alma, the buy… Read More

June 13, 2024 @ 2:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

Financement Participatif France (FPF) – the French crowdfunding association, and France Fintech (FFT) have announced a merger of the two organizations. According to a note from the two groups, FFT currently represents over 350 members and 100 partners operating in the Fintech sector. FPF represents… Read More

June 6, 2024 @ 7:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) warns the public about the activities of several fraudulent market participants and publishes a new ‘blacklist’ (focused on crypto-assets service providers in France). As part of its update, the AMF is adding “to and reorganizing the list of websites… Read More

June 5, 2024 @ 9:38 am By JD Alois  |  

Qonto (the commercial name of Olinda SAS) has topped 500,o00 customers, according to a note from the firm. Qonto is a licensed payment institution authorized by the French Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR). The company partners with regulated banks such as Crédit… Read More

June 4, 2024 @ 9:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Issuer processing Fintech Enfuce announces a partnership with French worktech unicorn, Swile to launch an employee benefits card in France that is set to transform the entire employee benefits space. The new all-in-one card integrates different employee benefits, “from lunch and gift vouchers to travel… Read More

June 1, 2024 @ 11:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mangopay, a modular and flexible payment infrastructure provider for platforms, today announces the launch of its new Fraud Prevention solution. Mangopay’s Fraud Prevention solution provides “a fully integrated and payment processor-agnostic AI-driven cybersecurity solution to guard against an evolving range of threats, including account takeover… Read More

May 31, 2024 @ 10:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Marie Seiller has reportedly been appointed Resources, Operations and Transformation Director at the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF). Currently Chief accountant at the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), Marie Seiller will head “the Resources, Operations and Transformation Directorate (DRST) from 27 May 2024.” In this… Read More

May 28, 2024 @ 11:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Pascal Gauthier, CEO at Ledger, says that the shipping of their new device, Ledger Stax, has begun for pre-order customers. Pascal Gauthier from Ledger notes in a blog post that the first pre-orders will be “shipped over the coming weeks, and new orders will be… Read More

May 22, 2024 @ 3:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

H, founded in late 2023, by Stanford University researcher Charles Kantor as CEO, and DeepMind alumni Karl Tuyls (Chief Research and Operations Officer), Laurent Sifre (Chief Technological Officer), Daan Wierstra (joining soon as Chief Scientist), and Julien Perolat (Chief Multi-Agent Officer), has raised $220 million… Read More

May 19, 2024 @ 7:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

France Mayer has reportedly been appointed Retail Investor Relations and Protection Director at the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF). France Mayer is currently Market Intermediaries Supervision Director “at the Data and Markets Directorate of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF).” She will take over as… Read More