Swift said it has concluded a digital assets interoperability trial with a trio of banks. The global messaging platform said this effort—conducted in collaboration with BNP Paribas Securities Services, Intesa Sanpaolo and Societe Generale’s SG Forge—allowed for “the seamless exchange and settlement” of tokenized bonds,...
Facing a challenge from Revolut, Societe Generale (SocGen) is reportedly rethinking its strategy for BoursoBank. The French bank is due to hold a board meeting this month to discuss its options for the online lender, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday (Sept. 2), citing sources familiar with...
There’s a revolution under way, with proponents heralding it as a reimagination of what money is and how it moves. We’re talking about stablecoins: tokenized assets on the blockchain whose value is pegged to traditional currencies, most often the U.S. dollar. Amazon is exploring issuing...
French bank Societe Generale is launching a dollar-pegged stablecoin via its digital assets arm. The bank announced Tuesday (June 10) that its Societe Generale-Forge (SG-Forge) subsidiary would launch the coin — known as USD CoinVertible (USDCV) — on the Ethereum and Solana public blockchains, with Bank of New York Mellon Corporation...
May 11, 2023
One of the common views about Europe is how highly fragmented the regional market — 44 countries, multiple languages, and a myriad of payment methods — is. And it’s no news that that fragmentation, according to Alexandre Maymat, head of global transaction and payment services at Société Générale, has meant higher fees and slower cross-border transaction speeds […]
May 03, 2023
Online business-to-business (B2B) marketplaces are fast growing in popularity, helping to accelerate digital payment innovation in the business space. According to a research study by McKinsey, global sales generated via...
January 10, 2023
Europe’s retail banking sector is battling weak consumer sentiment and the threat of loan defaults. To curb losses and adapt to a difficult consumer credit environment, some European banks have...
April 15, 2026
French bank Societe Generale is expanding access to its dollar-denominated stablecoin. The lender on Wednesday (April 15) announced a collaboration between its crypto-focused division Societe Generale-FORGE and blockchain company Consensys to make its USD CoinVertible token available on cryptocurrency wallet MetaMask. The move gives MetaMask’s millions of users, for the first time, access to a regulated stablecoin issued by the subsidiary of […]
January 15, 2026
Swift said it has concluded a digital assets interoperability trial with a trio of banks. The global messaging platform said this effort—conducted in collaboration with BNP Paribas Securities Services, Intesa...
September 02, 2025
Facing a challenge from Revolut, Societe Generale (SocGen) is reportedly rethinking its strategy for BoursoBank. The French bank is due to hold a board meeting this month to discuss its...
June 10, 2025
French bank Societe Generale is launching a dollar-pegged stablecoin via its digital assets arm. The bank announced Tuesday (June 10) that its Societe Generale-Forge (SG-Forge) subsidiary would launch the coin — known as USD CoinVertible (USDCV)...
