• Credit
• Innovation
• 16.01.2019

Arval Targets their Customers’ Employees

FACTS Arval, subsidiary of BNP Paribas, focusing on BtoB-specific long-term car leasing offers, expands their range of services to aim for their corporate customers’ employees.

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• Payment
• Players’ Strategy
• 04.01.2019

Visa Acquires the British FinTech Earthport

FACTS Visa buys out the London-based payment firm Earthport –which focuses on cross-border payment systems– for £198 million (roughly €219 million).

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• Payment
• Players’ Strategy
• 21.12.2018

Sage Partners with GoCardless

FACTS The multinational enterprise software company Sage partners with GoCardless –British FinTech which specialises in dematerialising Direct Debit-based recurring payments.

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• Innovation
• Players’ Strategy
• 14.12.2018

REX: Ongoing Success for Qonto

FACTS The French neo-bank Qonto was launched in July 2017 and just reported €3 billion in processed transactions: this figure actually doubled in 5 months.

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• Payment
• 13.12.2018

International Payments: SWIFT Pilots Pre-validation gpi Payments Service

FACTS The interbank messaging network tests a new solution for pre-validating SWIFT gpi international payment.

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• Credit
• Innovation
• 07.12.2018

FCA Bank Features Leasing Offers for Polish Corporate Customers

FACTS FCA Bank –banking arm of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles created by Crédit Agricole Consumer Finance– launches a new leasing offer in Poland for Fiat corporate customers.

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• Retail Banking
• Payment
• 04.12.2018

A Dutch Neo-Bank Lands in France

FACTS The Dutch neo-bank Bunq enters the French market.

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• Money transfer
• Payment
• 03.12.2018

SimbaPay and Family Bank Team Up to Streamline Micro-Companies’ Money Transfers

FACTS The London-based FinTech SimbaPay and the Kenyan bank Family Bank teamed up to introduce an instant money transfer solution for customers sending funds to China via WeChat.

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• Payment
• Players’ Strategy
• 29.11.2018

One-Click Payment: Oyst Raises €2 Million

As 1-Click payments are still popular among individual and corporate customers, the Paris-based start-up Oyst –which focuses on these purchasing processes–announces a €2 million funding round led by well-established investors including Martin Genot (...

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• Innovation
• Distribution Channel – Branches
• 22.11.2018

Opening a Bank Account at a Photo Booth in France

The French FinTech Anytime is running tests with Photo-Me International, owner of the Photomaton brand: some of their photo booths have been equipped with an account opening option from Anytime.

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