Banque de France

34 results about this entity

Period: 20 Nov 2007 - 16 Dec 2024

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Banque de France and SocGen test digital euro

The Banque de France and Societe Generale have tested the use of a blockchain platform to settle a transaction with a central bank digital currency.

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Banque de France plans CBDC experiments

France's central bank is calling for applications from firms interested in experimenting with the use of a digital euro for interbank settlements.

French central bank floats European CBDC

France's central bank is urging Europe to explore the development of a wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC).

Philadelphia Fed president says regulation will protect fintech innovators

Fintech firms should welcome, not fear, regulation because it is in their interest to have an "established framework" in which to operate, says the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.

Euroclear pencils in 2017 for bullion on blockchain roll out

Euroclear is set for a 2017 go-live for the application of blockchain technology in the London bullion market after completing its first pilot trades.

Sopra scores payments modernisation deal with Banque de France

Banque de France’s banking services department has launched an innovative large-scale programme to overhaul its banking IT system which supports the state.

SIA and Colt score Target2 and T2S network contract

Telecoms firm Colt and payment processor SIA have won a deal to build the network infrastructure connecting the German, Italian, French and Spanish central banks for Target2 and Target2-Securities (T2S).

French banks fined EUR345m for cheque fee price fixing

France's competition watchdog has fined 11 banks a total of EUR344.9 million for colluding to charge customers "unjustified" interbank fees during the switch-over to a new digital cheque processing system.

CDS dealers bow to pressure and commit to EU clearing counterparty

Nine of the leading dealer firms in the credit default swaps markets have committed to the use of central counterparty clearing for CDS in the European Union by end-July 2009.

ECB hails launch of Target2

Target2, the EU-wide real-time gross settlement (RTGS) system for large value payments, has been successfully launched, says the European Central Bank (ECB).