France

France’s Joko FinTech Gets €1.6M To Help Consumers Earn Credit Card Rewards
France’s Joko FinTech Gets €1.6M To Help Consumers Earn Credit Card Rewards
July 03, 2019  |  Investments

French startup Joko announced that it has raised €1.6 million from investors including Partech, Axeleo Capital, Lafayette Plug and Play and others to further develop...

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France’s Macron: US Private Sector Has Too Much Sway On Policy
France’s Macron: US Private Sector Has Too Much Sway On Policy
May 16, 2019  |  Regulation

France’s President Emmanuel Macron took issue with the American business model, arguing during a tech summit in Paris that the private sector has too much...

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Amazon Expands Partnership With Casino In France
Amazon Expands Partnership With Casino In France
April 23, 2019  |  Amazon

Amazon is enhancing its partnership with Casino, the French retailer, in which Amazon will install pickup lockers in Casino stores and more of Casino’s products...

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French Gov’t Sees Blockchain As A ‘Priority’
French Gov’t Sees Blockchain As A ‘Priority’
April 17, 2019  |  B2B Payments

France joins the roster of governments examining blockchain as a conduit to changing how services and payments are rendered. Elsewhere, blockchain sees increasing adoption in the...

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Facebook Shutters P2P Payments Platform In UK, France
Facebook Shutters P2P Payments Platform In UK, France
April 16, 2019  |  Facebook

Facebook’s payment service in the U.K. and France is being shut down after it failed to take off in the two countries. Finextra, citing a...

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Bitcoin Daily: SEC Cracks Down; BitPay Partners With Corporate Traveller
Bitcoin Daily: SEC Cracks Down; BitPay Partners With Corporate Traveller
April 16, 2019  |  Bitcoin

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is cracking down on exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that misleadingly use blockchain in their names. According to Bloomberg, issuers...

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Bitcoin Daily: France Votes To Include Crypto In Insurance Contracts; VC Draper Could Team With Facebook For Crypto Venture
Bitcoin Daily: France Votes To Include Crypto In Insurance Contracts; VC Draper Could Team With...
April 14, 2019  |  Bitcoin

The National Assembly of France has voted to allow local insurance companies to include cryptocurrencies in life insurance contracts. Changes to the insurance code via...

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Airbnb Hosting Site GuestReady Acquires Rival BnbLord
Airbnb Hosting Site GuestReady Acquires Rival BnbLord
April 11, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

GuestReady, a startup that helps hosts on Airbnb and other similar sites, has acquired a fourth rival in a continuing push for market prominence, according...

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French Lower Parliament Passes Big Tech Tax Bill
French Lower Parliament Passes Big Tech Tax Bill
April 10, 2019  |  Europe

France’s lower parliament has passed a proposed tax that targets the revenue of tech giants like Google, Amazon and Facebook. Last month, France’s finance minister...

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