Topics: - Green Finance ; ecological transition funding. - Banking inclusion ; micro-credit ; social and solidarity finance. - Territorial funding ; mutualist banks. - Banking ; crowdfunding ; Fintech ; crypto-assets. - Ethical finance ; Islamic finance. - Monetary, fiscal and mixed policies. -...

The European research group, GDRE (Groupement De Recherche Européen) in Money, Banking and Finance is a French and international thematic network. It aims at enhancing collaborations between researchers in the fields of money, banking and finance from many universities and other institutions in...

True multidistribution is hard to achieve. It requires significant long-term investment, but what benefits or return on investment can banks expect? There is unfortunately no easy answer, but there is one place where you can learn from the bankers with the most experience in this area: the Efma...

The payments industry is facing challenges from all sides: competition and pricing pressures; new regulations; continuing macroeconomic uncertainty; and changing customer demands. Banks need to be flexible and agile to take advantage of the huge potential gains available from the payments...

The emerging ‘advanced payments’ sector includes the convergence of mobile, Internet and tablet payments. These represent exciting and lucrative new revenue channels. Industry leaders have already started to grasp this opportunity and are focusing on emerging mobile and NFC innovation and...

Recent events have underlined the importance of cash as a refuge, as cash in circulation peaked at the height of the financial crisis. Since then, demand has remained strong and there has been no sign of repatriation of those banknotes. At the same time, the infrastructure of the cash cycle is...

The object of study is institutions created or transformed with the primary function of providing solidarity and assistance. To delimit the field of investigation, which is particularly broad, reference will be made to those institutions that played a significant role in the area in which they...

Migrants from Eastern Europe, Northern Europe and North Africa continue to make their home in Western Europe - but how well are their needs being met? Migrant banking in Europe offers a range of exciting opportunities for both financial and non-financial players. For instance, there is a small...

The Future of cash conference brings together all stakeholders in the cash cycle - central banks, commercial banks, retailers, payment service providers, cash logistics companies, etc. with aim of providing a forum for the exchange of best practices and the further optimisation of the cash...

This year, therefore, the conference will focus on four key themes - New approaches to customer retention: an exploration of the effectiveness of the latest loyalty schemes; - New approaches to customer communication: engaging customers in real dialogue, using social networking sites and other...