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European universal banks are essential for a successful Capital Markets Union

The European Commission put forward yesterday its action plan in favour of the Capital Markets Union (CMU).  The French Banking Federation (FBF) welcomes this new stage (…)

Banking crisis: no impact on France’s public finances

Frédéric Oudéa will succeed François Pérol as Chairman of the FBF

The Executive committee of the French Banking Federation (FBF) has appointed Frédéric Oudéa, Chief Executive Officer of Societe Generale, as Chairman of the FBF for a period (…)

The French Banking Federation opens a representative office in Frankfurt

On 1 July, the French Banking Federation (FBF) will be present in Frankfurt through its newly opened representative office alongside the European Banking Federation. This (…)

French banks are not exposed to Greece

French banks are not exposed to Greece: total exposures amount to $1,647 million at the end of 2014 according to the Bank for International Settlements. Following the European (…)

BANK STRUCTURAL REFORM – Will Europe entrust the funding of its economy solely to players in the City of London

Is Europe finally going to give the keys to its financial markets only to the English and American banks in the City of London? This is the very issue at the EU Finance Ministers (…)

Overview of the french banking industry

The contribution of finance corporations to the total value added in France is 4.9%, including approximately 60% for the banking industry(1). There are five French banks (…)

Security and trust at the center of the customer relationship

A rigorous framework regulating new payment industry players Throughout the debates on PSD2, the banking industry has vigorously argued that the same rules on security, responsibility (…)

Presentation of the FBF

It represents all French banks and foreign banks with oeprations in France in the form of subsidiaries or branch offices, whether they are European or from the rest of the (…)

Capital Markets Union: French banks want to play a significant role in the process and underscore the essential conditions for success

The French Banking Federation, FBF, welcomes the European Commission's initiative in launching a consultation round on the Green Paper relating to the Capital Markets Union (…)

FBF publishes the 2013 version of its master agreement on forward financial instruments incorporating the EMIR rules

The French Banking Federation (FBF) today publishes an updated version* of its master agreement on transactions on forward financial instruments. This master agreement gives (…)

The FBF’s affiliated entities

The Association Française des Banques (AFB) The AFB is a founding member of the FBF. As such, it sits on the Executive committee, where it represents in particular small (…)

AFEI and FBF publish a code of conduct on managing conflicts of interest in investment research

The French Association of Investment Firms (AFEI) and the French Banking Federation (FBF) have published a code of conduct for managing conflicts of interest in the field (…)

Signing of a Charter on Implementation of Security Measures for Bank Card Payments

The Association Française des Etablissements de Crédit et des Entreprises d'Investissement (AFECEI), the Fédération Bancaire Française and the Groupement des Cartes Bancaires (…)