Financial Insights That Matter Francois Villeroy de Galhau, a member of the European Central Bank (ECB) Governing Council and governor of the Bank of France, has said embrace of cryptocurrency in the U.S. risks triggering the next financial emergency. The U.S. “risks sinning through negligence,” Villeroy said in an interview with French newspaper La Tribune […]
Financial Insights That Matter The ecological transition and the reform of the G20—comprising the world’s 19 largest economies, along with the European Union and African Union—will be the focus of Finance Minister Fernando Haddad’s trip to France. He departed for Paris on Sunday (Mar. 30). The trip aims to restore economic dialogue between Brazil and […]
Financial Insights That Matter PARIS, March 20, 2025–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Regulatory News: Veolia Environnement (Paris:VIE) announces that the French version of the 2024 Universal Registration Document (“URD”) was filed on March 20, 2025 with the French Financial Markets Authority (Autorité des marchés financiers or “AMF”) under the number D.25-0120. This URD is available on Veolia website at: […]
Financial Insights That Matter TORONTO, April 1, 2025 /CNW/ – French Language Services Commissioner Carl Bouchard today announced that he is launching an investigation into service in French at ServiceOntario locations. Ombudsman Ontario Logo (CNW Group/Ombudsman Ontario) “We hear regularly from people who say they were either unable to be served in French by ServiceOntario staff, […]
Financial Insights That Matter WeeFin, a French sustainable fintech empowering financial institutions to manage their ESG strategies, has secured €25 million in fresh funding. The round, led by BlackFin Capital Partners alongside existing investors IRIS, Asterion Ventures, and Ring Capital, will accelerate WeeFin’s mission to raise the standards of sustainable finance while expanding its global […]
Financial Insights That Matter 00:00 Speaker A French regulators hitting Apple with a roughly $162 million fine over privacy changes imposed on app developers. The fine coming just days before President Trump’s reciprocal tariffs are set to take effect. Trump has been critical of EU regulators crackdown on big tech in the past. Of course, […]
Financial Insights That Matter U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to impose a 25% tariff on imported cars and light trucks starting next week is “very bad news” and the only solution for now is for the European Union to raise its own tariffs, French Finance minister Eric Lombard said on Thursday. Lombard, who was speaking […]
Financial Insights That Matter By Mathieu Rosemain, John Irish PARIS (Reuters) -The Trump administration has ordered some French companies with U.S. government contracts to comply with his executive order banning diversity, equity, and inclusion programmes, highlighting the extraterritorial reach of U.S. policies and their potential impact on European corporate practices. The companies have been told […]
Financial Insights That Matter Hanoi, Vietnam, March 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The French Development Finance Institution (Proparco) and the Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank (FMO) have signed a loan agreement worth US$80 millionof which each party invest US$40 millionwith Southeast Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SeABank, stock code: SSB). SeABank receives investment of US$80 million from […]
Financial Insights That Matter Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The Trump administration has sent a letter to some large companies in the EU warning them to comply with an executive order banning diversity, equity and inclusion programmes. The […]