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Barclays to relocate European headquarters to Paris
Barclays Europe (Barclays Bank Ireland) has begun the formal steps required to move its legal headquarters from Dublin to Paris. The decision comes…
Capgemini launches KYC sandbox for financial institutions
Capgemini has launched a know your customer (KYC) sandbox designed to assist financial institutions in shifting from outdated, manual review…
Will digital really lead to a revolution?
How much of a threat are challenger banks? What are banks' opinions on digital transformation? What are the most successful…
Sopra enables Crédit Agricole migrate 39 regional banks to single information system
France-based Crédit Agricole Technologies and Europe-based software development firm Sopra Banking Software have successfully migrated 39 regional banks to a…
Credit Agricole to shut down 50 branches by 2015: Report
French retail banking group Credit Agricole is considering closing approximately 50 bank branches in the Paris region by 2015, as…
Tesco to offer customers price comparison service through online banking portal
UKsupermarket bank Tesco will offer customers the option of using its own brand price comparison service, through Tesco’s online banking…
Innovation at home, tradition abroad
Europe’s largest bank by branches, Crédit Agricole, has finally unveiled its long-awaited business strategy. Duygu Tavan attended the strategy presentation…
Crédit Agricole launches kwixo payments service
Crédit Agricole has unveiled a mobile payments service in Paris, taking on payments heavyweights such as PayPal. It is called…
BNP Paribas opens first state of the art concept store in Paris
BNP Paribas has become the latest major retail bank to launch a retail store concept, dubbed 2 Opéra, in an…
CARTES set to celebrate 25th anniversary
CARTES & IDentification 2010, the largest European trade show and conference for digital security, smart technologies, payment and mobility, will…
MBNA launches online comparison tool
Bank of America subsidiary, MBNA UK, has launched a new online tool to make it easier for customers to compare…
Shaking up the French cards sector
French-based aqoba has been launched with the aim of grabbing a 5 percent share of the country’s affinity and loyalty…
An argument for prepaid?
At a time when prepaid cards are struggling for mass market adoption in markets such as the UK, a new…
Spoof ad campaign from BNP Paribas’s Cetelem targets ‘irresponsible lending’
Cetelem, the consumer finance subsidiary of France’s BNP Paribas, has introduced a new promotional campaign that the business says reaffirms…
MetLife looks to cross-sell mortgages to insurance customers
Hugh Fasken talks to Timothy Kirchner, vice-president of MetLife Bank, the banking subsidiary of the largest life insurance group in…