French asset manager Amundi buys wealthtech Aixigo for €149m
Aixigo’s API-based wealth management platform and 150 team members will join Amundi Technology.
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Agicap lands €45m Series C led by AXA Venture Partners
The new funding builds upon Agicap’s $100 million Series B, led by GreenOaks Capital in 2021.
MAS and Banque de France trial post-quantum cryptography to secure financial communications
The tests paired Microsoft Outlook with PQC plugin algorithms.
Spendesk’s CEO to step down, replaced by Jellysmack’s Axel Demazy
Outgoing CEO Rodolphe Ardant is shifting into an advisory role.
Qonto appoints Natalia Williams as new chief product officer
The new hire comes amid Qonto’s efforts to expand into four new European markets.
EPI’s Wero goes live in France
The EPI previously launched Wero in Germany in July, and will also target Belgium this year.
Anadolubank Nederland pens five-year deal with Worldline for cloud-based instant payments solution
Worldline’s solution will ensure the bank’s compliance with new EU instant payments regulations.
BNP Paribas to acquire HSBC’s private banking division in Germany
BNP Paribas anticipates the deal will boost its AUM to €40 billion.
NeoXam set to acquire data control and automation platform EZOPS
The proposed deal would expand NeoXam’s reach in the US, Asia and throughout Europe.
Enfuce to launch dual-function E2 card in UK, France and Germany with Mastercard
E2 combines both debit and credit primary account numbers into one card.
Fneek launches in France to “formalise friendly loans”
Founded by CEO Chaker Boughanbouz, the start-up is now seeking seed funding.
Axway completes €330m acquisition of Sopra Banking Software
SBS CEO Eric Bierry has been named as the new deputy CEO of Axway.
French paytech Lemonway has “certain limitations” placed on its operations in Italy by Banca d’Italia
Lemonway says the Italian central bank has told it to “not engage new Italian partners”.
UBP snaps up Société Générale’s UK and Swiss private banking subsidiaries in €900m deal
UBP claims the deal will boost its AUM by €26 billion to €186 billion.
BNP Paribas enters exclusive talks to buy AXA Investment Managers for €5.4bn
AXA says the proposed deal will “create a leading European asset manager” with total AUM of €1.5 trillion.
Qonto receives order from Banca d’Italia to improve AML measures in its Italian subsidiary
The firm says the order includes a temporary ban on onboarding new customers in Italy.
BNP Paribas partners Ant International to enhance cross-border payment solutions in Europe
The pair will also work to “explore innovations in tokenised deposits for global treasury management”.
BNP Paribas inks multi-year deal to implement Mistral AI commercial models across all business lines
The bank will gain access to “current and future Mistral AI commercial models”.
Banque de France partners HKMA to explore interoperability between wholesale CBDC infrastructures
The exploratory study will focus on “real-time cross-border and cross-currency payments”.
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Regtech start-up Ondorse signs PayXpert, Assurdeal and Kota in UK and Ireland expansion push
Ondorse has also appointed OpenAI executive Olivier Godement to its board.
Société Générale sells neobank Shine to Danish fintech Ageras
Société Générale has been looking for a buyer for Shine since January.
Nium tapped by Air France and KLM for payments solution
The airlines are set to deploy Nium’s Airline Payments solution, starting in Italy.
Finbourne lands £55m Series B from Highland Europe and AXA Venture Partners
The funds are to be put to scaling the firm in APAC, US and Europe.
Student lending start-up Scolaris Finance taps Sopra Banking Software for core platform
Scolaris Finance board chair Dr Simon Aziati cites the adoption of the core platform as “a crucial step”.
Lydia selects Marqeta to power its new digital banking app Sumeria
Marqeta first partnered with Lydia Solutions in 2019 to power its peer-to-peer payments app.
Banque Raiffeisen selects Worldline for cloud-based instant payments solution
Worldline has been a long-standing partner of Banque Raiffeisen, providing it with a number of payment services.
BNP Paribas set to buy French life insurance business Neuflize Vie from ABN Amro and AXA
Neuflize Vie was founded in 1990 as part of a joint venture between AXA and ABN Amro.
French fintech Lydia launches digital banking app Sumeria
Lydia says it plans to pump over €100 million into Sumeria over the next three years.
French paytech Lemonway appoints new CTO and CFO
Céline Bayer and Nicolas Vigier have been named Lemonway’s new CFO and CTO respectively.
Pierre-Yves Guegan named as new COO of CCF Group in France
Guegan’s two decades of industry experience extends to UniCredit, RN Bank and BNP Paribas.
Newbury Building Society taps Sopra Banking Software to launch new app
The deal marks the first deployment of SBS’s mobile app solution in the UK market.
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Payflows emerges from stealth with €25m Series A funding
The Paris-based start-up has been in stealth mode since 2022.
Luxury investments platform Konvi acquires competitors Diversified and Fractible
All investments in Diversified and Fractible will be transferred to Konvi this month.
Spendesk combines procurement with spend management through Okko acquisition
Spendesk claims it is the first solution in Europe to combine both spend management and procurement.
French fintech Linedata acquires AI software developer DreamQuark
Linedata says the purchase will extend its reach to the “critical sectors” of asset management, insurance and credit.
Worldline and Crédit Agricole unveil new merchant payments joint venture CAWL
The joint venture will offer payment acceptance and payment acquisition solutions for merchants in France.
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