France FinTech, Paris&Co, the ACPR and the AMF announce the fourth edition of the FRENCH FINTECH WEEK
Paris, the 12 March 2024
France FinTech, the association representing start-ups in the financial sector, Paris&Co, the Prudential Control and Resolution Authority (ACPR) and the Financial Markets Authority (AMF) are today opening the call for applications allowing propose an event as part of the fourth edition of the French FinTech Week, which will take place from October 7 to 18, 2024.
#FFTW24
The French FinTech Week is an initiative aimed at promoting the richness of the French fintech ecosystem by relying in particular on the contributions of the numerous public and private representative organizations working for the development of digital finance in France and in Europe.
In a context marked by both strong macroeconomic uncertainties, but also technological changes and sustained regulatory developments, being informed, exchanging and debating is more necessary than ever. Public and private decision-makers, entrepreneurs, investors, thinkers, researchers, representatives of the academic world and future talents concerned and involved by developments in innovative finance will be present.
Having become an essential meeting place for entrepreneurs, supervisors, legislators, investors and decision-makers in the sector, the French FinTech Week will once again this year offer a program lasting almost two weeks, in Paris and the Region and will be structured around the organizers' reference events:
● Thursday October 10 – Paris&Co Fintech Insurtech Invest: A day dedicated to meetings and exchanges between fintech and French and foreign investors.
● From Friday October 11 to Sunday October 13 – FINTECH GENERATIONS : 48 hours to create your fintech! The entrepreneurial challenge for students, organized by France FinTech and its partners.
● Monday October 14 – The ACPR-AMF Fintech Forum : The annual Forum meeting hosted jointly by the ACPR – Banque de France and the AMF. Conferences and workshops devoted to regulation and supervision issues.
● Thursday October 17 – FinTech R:Evolution #FFT24: The ninth edition of the essential French fintech event, organized by France FinTech. Nearly 1 participants and more than 500 speakers.
Like every year, the organizers are launching a call to all players in the fintech ecosystem to come forward and propose an event by June 3, 2024 in order to integrate the programming of the French FinTech Week #FFTW24.
The detailed program will be updated and available on: http://frenchfintechweek.org/
About France FinTech:
Created in 2015 on the initiative of entrepreneurs, France FinTech brings together companies using innovative and disruptive operational, technological or economic models aimed at addressing existing or emerging issues in the financial services industry and representing the main components of the sector. The association's mission is to promote excellence in the sector in France and abroad and to represent French fintechs to public authorities, the regulator and the ecosystem. France FinTech is today the largest sectoral association of start-ups in France and in Europe. In addition to its actions in regulatory and legislative fields, its numerous publications, its workshops and various meetings, the association organizes each year the benchmark event of the ecosystem, FinTech R: Evolution. France FinTech is a founding member of theEDFA (European Digital Finance Association).
About Paris&Co:
Paris&Co is the economic development and innovation agency for Paris and the metropolis. It promotes the dissemination of innovation through the incubation of more than 500 French and foreign startups per year, the experimentation of innovative solutions, the organization of national and international events. It develops its activity in a dynamic of open innovation in close collaboration with more than 120 large companies and major institutions.
About the AMF:
An independent public authority, the AMF is responsible for ensuring the protection of savings invested in financial products, informing investors and ensuring the proper functioning of the markets. Visit our site: www.amf-france.org
About the ACPR:
Backed by the Banque de France, the Prudential Control and Resolution Authority is the administrative authority that controls the banking and insurance sectors and oversees financial stability. The ACPR is also responsible for the protection of the customers of the supervised establishments and ensures the mission of the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism. It also has resolution powers. The operational services of the ACPR are grouped together within its General Secretariat. Visit our site: https://acpr.banquefrance.fr
France FinTech : press@francefintech.org
Paris&Co : estelle.musellec@parisandco.com
ACPR : press@acpr.banque-france.fr
MFA: directiondelacommunication@amf-france.org
