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Marlin acquires Lengow

News | Ecommerce | 16 Feb 2021

Marlin Equity Partners has acquired ecommerce automation platform Lengow, in a bid to make the France-based company the leading ecommerce platform on the market.

Lengow, Marlin acquisition, ecommerce, France, Germany, cross-channel

Utily.fr, Limonetik team up to offer multi-instalment payment solution

News | Online Payments | 16 Feb 2021

France-based moving company Utily.fr has teamed up with Limonetik to set up a multi-instalment payment solution with FLOA Bank.

Limonetik, Utily.fr, FLOA Bank, France, Europe, instalment payments, online payments

France-based DIY marketplace ManoMano increases focus on Germany and the UK

News | Ecommerce | 05 Feb 2021

France-based DIY marketplace ManoMano has announced plans to double down on Northern Europe in 2021.

ManoMano, France, marketplace, expansion, ecommerce, merchants, online shopping

DHL eCommerce Solutions, Colis Privé partner for home deliveries in France

News | Ecommerce | 02 Feb 2021

Deutsche Post’s ecommerce logistics provider DHL eCommerce Solutions has launched a new integrated solution for the French ecommerce market. 

Deutsche Post, DHL eCommerce Solutions, Colis Privé, partnership, France, Europe

France-based startup Alma raises USD 59.4 mln for its instalment payment option

News | Online Payments | 25 Jan 2021

France-based startup Alma has announced a USD 59.4 million Series B funding round, as it's building a new payment option for expensive good.

Alma, fundraising, funding round, investment, France, Series B funding round, instalment payments, buy now pay later, BNPL, merchants

Mastercard, FrenchSys to accelerate e-payments in France

News | Payments General | 20 Jan 2021

Mastercard and FrenchSys, which provides deployment of electronic payment solutions at French acceptance points, have teamed up.

MasterCard, FrenchSys, partnership, France, Europe, contactless payments, cards

Moonshot Insurance covers Pledg's payments in instalments throughout Europe

News | Ecommerce | 14 Jan 2021

Moonshot Insurance, a France-based contextual insurance insurtech, has announced it now protects the payment solutions of French fintech Pledg, in France and Europe.

Moonshot Insurance, Pledg, payments , instalments, France, partnership, fintech, ecommerce, insurtech

EIB Group, BNP Paribas to support French companies facing the consequences of the COVID-19 crisis

News | Payments General | 08 Jan 2021

The EIB Group and BNP Paribas have signed a synthetic securitisation to support French SMEs and mid-caps hit by the consequences of an unprecedented pandemic crisis.

EIB Group, banking, loan, COVID-19, SMEs, BNP Paribas, France

Greenly, Tink to track carbon footprint through banks

News | Payments General | 23 Dec 2020

Greenly, a carbon footprint tracking mobile app, has teamed up with the European Open Banking platform Tink to offer its mobile app throughout Europe.

Open Banking, Open Data, Tink , Greenly, partnership, France, carbon footprint, banks

Lydia raises USD 86 mln in Series B funding round

News | Mobile Payments | 18 Dec 2020

France-based fintech Lydia has raised USD 86 million in its last Series B funding round. 

Lydia, France, Europe, funding round, Series B, mobile payments, debit cards, direct deposit, donations, virtual cards

France to ban anonymous crypto accounts

News | Cryptocurrencies | 14 Dec 2020

French financial authorities are strengthening the country’s cryptocurrency regulations in a move to prevent illicit activities like money laundering and terrorism financing.

France, regulations, crypto, money laundering, AML, Anonymous, digital transactions, virtual assets, illicit activities

Consolidation in payments – upsides, downsides, challenges

Voice of the Industry | Online Payments | 09 Dec 2020

Marco Fava, Managing Director at CleverAdvice, makes a nuanced and detailed account of two of the most notable M&A stories of 2020 in the payments industry: Nexi-SIA and Worldline-Ingenico

Marco Fava, CleverAdvice, Nexi, SIA, Nets, Worldline, Ingenico, payments , online payments, mergers and acquisitions, merger, acquisition, Nexi Payments, Europe, Italy, France, Nordics, payments service provider, PSP, ATM management solutions, European Automated Clearing House Association, TARGET2, RTGS, Nexi SIA, Worldline Ingenico

BUX, Yapily extend partnership into France and Austria

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 08 Dec 2020

BUX, one of Europe’s neobrokers, has announced it has extended its partnership with enterprise connectivity platform Yapily to France and Austria.

bux, Yapily, partnership, Europe, France, Austria, neobroker, investment portfolio, mobile banking, BUX Zero, onboarding, Open Banking, Open Finance

Stocard expands its mobile payments service across multiple European countries

News | Mobile Payments | 25 Nov 2020

Germany-based mobile loyalty wallet provider Stocard has announced the expansion of its Stocard Pay service to users in Germany, France, Italy, and the Netherlands.

Stocard, Stocard Pay, Europe, Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands, NFC, mobile payments, virtual card, MasterCard, Android, iOS

EUR 4 million seized in large money-laundering bust in France

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 16 Nov 2020

An 18-month investigation led by the French National Gendarmerie (Gendarmerie Nationale) and supported by Europol put an end to a large money-laundering network.

EFECC, French National Gendarmerie, Europol, money laundering, criminal organisation, financial crime, France

Worldline acquires Ingenico Group

News | Online Payments | 02 Nov 2020

France-based payments provider Worldline has acquired Ingenico Group for an undisclosed sum.

Worldline, Ingenico, acquisition, France, payments provider, payments settlemes, Europe, omnichannel payments solution, European Commission

Societe Generale - Forge selects ConsenSys for CBDC experiments

News | Cryptocurrencies | 29 Oct 2020

France-based digital capital markets platform Societe Generale – Forge has selected ConsenSys to provide technology and services for its Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) pilot activities.

Societe Generale, Forge, ConsenSys, CBDC, France, blockchain, Banque de France, central bank

Agicap, Salt Edge partner to digitalise cash flow management for SMEs

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 27 Oct 2020

France-based SaaS company Agicap has selected open banking solution provider Salt Edge to allow SMEs to monitor cash flows on all bank accounts, in a single dashboard.

Agicap, Salt Edge, partnership, digitalisation, cash flow management, SMEs, France, bank account, BFM, business finance management

India, trading partners face USD 38 bln growth opportunity, Standard Chartered report

News | E-invoicing, SCF & E-procurement | 13 Oct 2020

Standard Chartered has released its Trade Opportunity Report, revealing how businesses could increase exports to India by more than USD 21 billion annually.

India, trading, trade growth, Standard Chartered, Trade Opportunity Report, exporter, bilateral trade, trade opportunity, COVID-19, US, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, UK, ASEAN, Thailand, Vietnam, South Korea, France, Germany

Tink, Lydia partner for open banking in Europe

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 08 Oct 2020

France-based mobile payment app Lydia has selected Sweden-based Tink as its open banking technology partner to leverage access to PSD2 APIs across Europe. 

Tink , Lydia, Open Banking, Europe, Sweden, France, mobile payments, app, PSD2, APIs, account aggregation, payment initiation, Lydia app, banks, bank transfers