Société Générale

233 results about this entity

Period: 12 Oct 2006 - 19 Jun 2024

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Corporate treasurers go back to basics

Corporate treasurers go back to basics

Benoit Desserre, Global Head of Payments and Cash Management, Societe Generale, discusses the renewed focus of corporate treasurers on working capital management, reliability and security, the rise in prominence of factoring as a tool to monetise assets and how banks need to respond to corporates’ evolving needs with payments factory and reconciliation capabilities

SocGen migrates domestic payments traffic to Swift

Société Générale will use SWIFT to send its domestic payments messages to STET, the European automated clearing house (ACH) that has almost 52% market share of the euro transactions processed in clearing systems and the largest market share of all European currency transactions.

SocGen launches dealing desk outsourcing service

Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) has launched I-DEAL, a new dealing desk outsourcing service for asset (discretionary and collective) and investment managers which covers the entire range of asset classes and global markets.

More global banks back blockchain collaboration plan

More global banks back blockchain collaboration plan

An initiative to create a set of global standards for the use of distributed ledger technology in financial markets has picked up momentum, with another 13 major banks - including BofA, Deutsche Bank and HSBC - throwing their weight behind the plan.

SocGen mulls massive branch closure programme

SocGen mulls massive branch closure programme

Societe Generale is contemplating closing one in five of its branches in France over the next five years, joining the ranks of European banks downsizing their high street presence as more customers go online.

BNP Paribas explores the blockchain; SocGen advertises bitcoin-related job

BNP Paribas explores the blockchain; SocGen advertises bitcoin-related job

Further evidence has emerged that French investment banks are exploring the potential of blockchain technology in the capital markets.

Industry players team up to create hub for end-to-end margin processing

Thirteen major global banks, ICAP plc and market infrastructures The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) and Euroclear have joined forces with AcadiaSoft, Inc. to solve a vexing industry problem involving margin flows.

Societe Generale launches collateral management service

Societe Generale has launched “Tempo”, a comprehensive and innovative collateral management outsourcing solution aimed both at buy-side and sell-side market participants, including traditional and alternative asset managers, institutional investors, banks and major corporates.

SGSS launches website for share and employee ownership plans

Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) has launched a new website, Sharinbox, for corporations and their registered shareholders and employees who benefit from free share plans, stock options plans and other incentive schemes.

Crédit Agricole joins French bank-run e-payments service

Crédit Agricole joins French bank-run e-payments service

Paylib, a PayPal-style online payment system set up last year by French banks, is extending its reach thanks to the addition of Crédit Agricole as a member and a deal with MasterCard that will let people use the service abroad.

Enabling real-time payments around the world

Enabling real-time payments around the world

Ather Williams, Managing Director, Global Payments & Global GTS Strategy, Global Transaction Services at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Benoit Desserre, head of payments & cash management, Société Générale and Paul Thomalla, SVP & GM EMEA, ACI Worldwide, discuss their journey to enabling real-time payments and the suggested methods of enabling real-time payments within banks.

Challenges and opportunities for securities services

Challenges and opportunities for securities services

Bruno Prigent, global head of securities services at Société Générale and Massimo Cotella, global head of coverage, marketing and liquidity management at SGSS, discuss the challenges they are seeing in the industry, in their business and what they are hearing from their clients.

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