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Belgium Drags Down Carrefour’s European Profit but ‘Consumption Patterns’ Prove Resilient
Belgium Drags Down Carrefour’s European Profit but ‘Consumption Patterns’ Prove Resilient
July 28, 2022  |  Earnings

French food retailer Carrefour detailed its latest earnings this week, revealing solid growth globally in the first half (H1) of 2022 despite declining profit across...

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Italian PropTech Startup Casavo Raises €400 Million
Italian PropTech Startup Casavo Raises €400 Million
July 19, 2022  |  Startups

PropTech startup Casavo just bagged $409 million (€400 million) in Series D funding, EU Startups reported Tuesday (July 19). An initial €300 million was invested...

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French B2B Payments Platform Hero Raises $12.4M
French B2B Payments Platform Hero Raises $12.4M
July 13, 2022  |  B2B Payments

Seven months after its launch, French FinTech Hero has raised €12.4 million ($12.49 million) to scale its B2B payments solution. According to a Wednesday (July...

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Banque de France Enters Second Phase of Wholesale CBDC Project
Banque de France Enters Second Phase of Wholesale CBDC Project
July 12, 2022  |  CBDC

Banque de France (BDF) Governor François Villeroy de Galhau said the BDF has kicked off the second phase of experimentation into a wholesale central bank...

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GoHenry Acquires Pixpay to Strengthen Youth Banking Outreach
GoHenry Acquires Pixpay to Strengthen Youth Banking Outreach
July 11, 2022  |  Acquisitions

London-based GoHenry, which provides Visa debit cards and a financial education app for children aged 6 to 18, has acquired the French company Pixpay, which...

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French Telecom CEO Suggests Big Tech Platforms Should Share in Cost of Infrastructure
French Telecom CEO Suggests Big Tech Platforms Should Share in Cost of Infrastructure
July 10, 2022  |  Big Tech

Orange CEO Christel Heydemann said Big Tech has been “forcing” phone companies to invest more in boosting network qualities while not helping to meet the...

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Weekly TechREG EMEA: Big Tech Firms Faces New Online Platform Rules and Probes in Europe; ECB and BoE Raise Concerns About the Implementation of Crypto Regulation 
Weekly TechREG EMEA: Big Tech Firms Faces New Online Platform Rules and Probes in Europe;...
July 08, 2022  |  emea

This week, the EU parliament approved two landmark bills that will regulate online platforms, the Digital Markets Act and the Digital Services Act — but...

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Benchmarking the EU’s Digital Engagement: France
Benchmarking the EU’s Digital Engagement: France
July 07, 2022  |  International

In this final installment of PYMNTS’ five-part series on digital transformation in the European Union, we focus on France and its digital engagement compared to...

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French European Parliament Member Wants Binance Approval Regulatory Review
French European Parliament Member Wants Binance Approval Regulatory Review
July 05, 2022  |  Europe

A French Member of the European Parliament (MEP) wrote a June 13 letter pushing for her country’s market regulator to review its approval of the...

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