Societe Generale

230 results about this entity

Period: 12 Oct 2006 - 22 Jan 2025

Global banks and R3 test DLT for KYC services

BBVA, ING and UBS are among the R3 member banks that have been working on a proof-of-concept for a distributed ledger technology-based shared KYC registry.

Global banks launch standardised documentation for repackaging transactions accessible online

Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, Nomura International plc and Societe Generale, (the "Arrangers"), have responded to investors’ demands for standardisation of repackaging transactions by collaborating with international law firm Simmons & Simmons and a number of market-leading service providers to produce market-standard documentation for use in listed and unlisted repackaging transactions.

SocGen is first corporate partner of Liberte Living Lab

Societe Generale Group is the first Corporate partner of Liberté Living Lab, a new French innovation hub inaugurated on 18 October.

SocGen opens tech hub for digital drive

Societe Generale has unveiled a massive technology hub, christened 'The Dunes', that it says symbolises the bank's digital transformation.

SocGen names Carlos Goncalves as head of global tech services

Societe Generale announces the appointment of Carlos Goncalves as Head of Global Technology Services for the Group as of 1 November 2016.

SocGen appoints new transaction banking head

Societe Generale has appointed Benoît Desserre as Global Head of Global Transaction Banking and Deputy Head of Global Transaction & Payment Services (GTPS), replacing Christian Behaghel who has decided to retire. He reports to Pascal Augé, Head of GTPS.

R3 banks use Intel distributed ledger technology for bond trading

Working under the R3 banner, a gang of eight banks have successfully tested a distributed ledger prototype for bond transactions using Intel technology.

Co-habitation with banks key to fintech future

Successful fintech companies will be those that accept that rather than taking business away from banks their technologies will be adopted by financial institutions, says Damien Jamet, chief digital officer and chief of staff at Societe Generale Securities Services.

Société Générale sends group innovation finalists to incubater

Société Générale today announced the results of its first Group innovation challenge in Africa on the theme of “customer satisfaction”.

SocGen eyes African expansion; sinks EUR1 million in to TagPay

Societe Generale is to invest EUR1 million in French mobile payments outfit TagPay under an initiative to maintain and grow its retail consumer base in the African sub-continent.

French firms to build post-trade blockchain infrastructure for SMEs

BNP Paribas Securities Services, Euronext and Société Générale are among the members of a seven-strong consortium that has banded together to investigate the development of a post-trade blockchain infrastructure for SMEs in Europe.

Bank JV Transactis extends to wire transfers and direct debits

Transactis, the card processing joint venture created by Societe Generale and La Banque Postal, is to expand its operations to cover European and international wire transfers and direct debits.