Suravenir compensates policyholders via instant transfer
Crédit Mutuel Arkéa's subsidiary, Suravenir Assurances, has announced the introduction of a new system for accelerated claims s...
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Hyundai Helps Student Pay Back their Loan
FACTS The South Korean car maker Hyundai –through their US subsidiary Hyundai Motor America– launches Student Assurance, a new programme fo...
Car Insurance: L’Olivier Builds on AI Tech to Detect Fraud
FACTS L’Olivier Assurances plans to rely on Artificial Intelligence technologies and data science to fight car insurance fraud.
Moonshot-Internet Branches Out, Adds Travel Insurance
FACTS Société Générale Assurances’ context-based InsurTech, Moonshot-Internet teams up with AirRefund, which focuses on flights-related cla...
La Parisienne Opts for Sigfox’s IoT to Craft New Insurance Offers
FACTS La Parisienne Assurances partners with connected devices maker Sigfox.
Interbank fees: interchange on French direct debits to be halved
The French antitrust authority, Autorité de la Concurrence, has announced a commitment of French banks to reduce the main multilateral interbank ...
Preoccupied Cardholders Fighting for Enhanced Protection
US consumers are turning to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to try and fight for improved prepaid card accounts guaranties and protectio...
Governance: the UK Payments Council Standardising the Future of Payments
After several complaints on the quality of service in payments, the UK Payments Council is about to set up mandatory minimum standards. Faster Pa...
Floa launches lifetime warranty with Neat
Floa Bank has just announced the launch of a lifetime guarantee to cover all household assets. This guarantee was designed by AssurTech Neat, a y...
Paying for travel insurance in crypto-currency
Crypto-currencies are becoming increasingly important in the financial markets but their democratisation among the general public is still in pro...
BPCE Leading the Instant Payment Race
BPCE, via their subsidiary Natixis Payments, will be the first banking group in France to officially launch an Instant Payment service: a small r...
Lydia Announces another Funding Round, Attracts Tencent
FACTS The Paris-based mobile payment FinTech Lydia announces a €40 million financing round.
Le Marché: Lydia Structuring their Marketplace
FACTS Lydia has been making headway in France with their P2P payment solution. They now unveil a marketplace for financial services. This l...
The FinTech Alma Aims for Small Merchants
FACTS The French FinTech Alma was founded earlier this year by Stripe’s former DG Italy, Louis Chatriot. They just raised €3.3 million to b...
REX: C-zam, Slower Uptake a Year Later
In March 2017, the retail group Carrefour entered the market of financial services as they unveiled their C-zam payment account. One year later, ...
Borrowers’ Insurance: Allianz New Online Simulator Helps Customers Save Money
Allianz France –subsidiary of the German insurance company– aims for the market of borrowers’ insurance. They unveiled an online simulator helpin...
Arkéa Adds an Insurance Offer for Credit Transfer Payments
FACTS Arkéa expands their assistance and insurance services currently for card-based payments, to protect conventional and instant credit t...
A Dashcam to Cut Down Insurance Premium Costs
FACTS A tripartite partnership has been announced by the car maintenance company Norauto, the online insurance service L’Olivier and techno...
BPCE: Digitalising Mortgages
FACTS Caisse d’Épargne Bourgogne Franche-Comté unveils a new format for subscribing mortgages.
Paylib: Mobile-Based Instant Credit Transfer Going Mainstream
FACTS The seven largest banks in France just agreed to generalise P2P credit transfer through Paylib.
