SG Forge installs a stablecoin on BitPanda
French bank Société Générale's dedicated cryptoasset subsidiary, Forge, has just announced its tie-up with specialist...
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Walmart also does Instant Payment
Payment specialists and banks are not the only ones to carry the big trend of instant payments. Now, more unexpected players are also positioning...
BPCE finally buys iPaidThat
Another step in BPCE’s strategy to deploy full-service services for professionals, with the group’s decision to eventually buy iPaidThat. The sta...
Solly reinvents payments for people in need
Une nouvelle solution solidaire et technologique vient de voir le jour pour aider les personnes sans domicile fixe. Il s’agit de Solly, qui combi...
Zaver offers BNPL to finance car purchases
Zaver, a Swedish BNPL start-up, completed a new round of financing in April. Specializing in high-dollar financing, the start-up aims to go where...
Observatory July 2023
Highlights of the month
One year after its launch, Younited Pay launches in Spain
Younited, the European leader in "instant credit", reveals a positive balance sheet and outlook, 12 months after the launch of Younited...
Feedback: Fidor closes its doors, review of BPCE's adventure with an online banking pioneer
Fidor has just announced that it is officially closing its doors after going into receivership. This event closes an eventful 14-year adventure f...
Cryptoassets: the framework is tightening up
The joint committee has reached a compromise on the legal framework that will apply to crypto players from 1 July 2023. They will now be required...
Splitit to power AliExpress' fractional payment offering in Europe
White label fragmented payment solution Splitit has announced a partnership with Alipay to offer a 'pay after delivery' option to shopper...
Amazon expands its Buy with Prime "-as-a-Service" program
Launched in April 2022, "Buy with Prime" was previously reserved for certain merchants selected by the American giant. As of 31 January...
Welcome.Place launches a payment card for refugees in France with Visa
Enfuce, a Finnish fintech, has announced the launch of a pilot project with the charity neo-bank Welcome.Place. The aim is to distribute prepaid ...
In brief: Italy imposes tax on crypto-assets
The Italian Parliament, composed of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic, has voted in favour of a bill whose aim is to tax any...
The Banque de France wants to revolutionise itself through innovation
The Banque de France has just designated three winners on the issue of authentication of credit institutions. This call was published in July 202...
Memo entrusts JPM with the management of its international payments
Memo Bank has chosen the American bank J.P. Morgan to handle their international payments and currency management. This partnership aims to enabl...
Spanish banks test the digital euro
30 Spanish banks including BBVA, Sabadell, Santander, ING and Deutsche Bank, joined by payment services organisations Iberpay, Bizum and Redsys, ...
AXA UK Retail launches Moja, a digital-only insurance
Moja, whose tagline ‘simpler, fairer, and always there’ is the new brand developed internally by Axa Retail. It will primarily offer ...
BtoB payments: BNP Paribas acquires fintech Kantox
The fintech Kantox, which specialises in automated foreign exchange risk management, is in the sights of BNP Paribas. The latter has just signed ...
Europe adopts MiCA regulation
The Council of the European Union published a briefing note on 5 October on the progress made on the adoption of the MiCA (Market in Crypto-Asset...
Crédit Mutuel Arkéa and Pythéas Capital Advisors want to reduce payment delays
Crédit Mutuel Arkéa has strengthened its relationship with FinTech Pytheas Capital Advisors, in which it expressed an interest in 2...
