The April Group joins the France Fintech association
Lyon, June 1, 2021
The APRIL group, the leading wholesale insurance broker in France, is joining the France FinTech association, which brings together, represents and leads French start-ups in financial services (banking, insurance, asset management and RegTech), to continue and accelerate its transformation at the heart of the digital ecosystem.
The APRIL group has placed digitization at the service of the customer experience at the heart of its development and aims to become the largest European insurance technology by 2023. By integrating France FinTech, APRIL is joining forces with the best of French tech to continue to imagine and design the digital solutions and services of tomorrow for the benefit of its policyholders and brokers.
Committed to a dynamic of digital transformation, APRIL opened a dedicated hub a year ago, APRIL X: a real meeting place around the customer experience, it already brings together the APRIL teams, broker-distributors and insured customers, partners start-ups and very soon members of France FinTech.
“This partnership with France FinTech is a real strategic opportunity for APRIL, which is currently experiencing its digital transformation. We are delighted to join this dynamic ecosystem, and motivated by the development of innovative solutions that help promote excellence in the sector in France and abroad. »Sébastien Limousin, Distribution and digital director
“The community of France FinTech entrepreneurs is proud and happy to now count the APRIL group among its major partners. This partnership comes at a strategic time for both entities. Insurance services are indeed one of the major components of our current developments and reflections, moreover constituting almost half of French fintech fundraising since the start of the year. For its part, the APRIL group is engaged in a large-scale digital transformation process and shows European ambitions in insurance technology. Together we help promote the excellence of French insurance technology. »Alain Clot, President of France FinTech
About the APRIL group
APRIL is the leader in wholesale brokerage in France with a network of 15 partner brokers. APRIL's 000 employees have the ambition to offer their customers and partners - individuals, professionals and companies - a remarkable experience combining the best of people and technology, in health and personal protection for individuals, professionals and very small businesses. , in creditor insurance, international health and niche damage. By 2, APRIL aims to become a digital, omnichannel and agile player, champion of customer experience and leader in its markets. The APRIL group operates in 300 countries.
About France FinTech
Created in 2015 on the initiative of entrepreneurs, France FinTech brings together companies using operational, technological or economic models, innovative and disruptive, 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, 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 the EDFA (European Digital Finance Association).
Press contacts
France FinTech
Kristen Charvin - General Delegate presse@francefintech.org
APRIL
Melanie Sutter | 06 43 54 66 67 | melanie.sutter@april.com
JIN Agency
Camille Billiemaz | 06 31 58 82 37 | cbilliemaz@jin.fr
Raphael Touchet | 06 17 51 52 72 | rt@jin.fr
