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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
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. Get the Full Story Complete...

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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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