Expert view points

Societe Generale has launched a structured green trade finance initiative targeting customers active in clean energy or organising their transition from a carbon-intensive activity to a sustainable business model.

The IBOR transition is going to be a big change for Financial Institutions. Our expert, Olivier Balpe, Director of the IBOR project at Societe Generale, shares his views in this short video "3 questions, 1 coffee"

By joining the Hydrogen Council, Societe Generale demonstrates once again its commitment to a sustainable and climate resilient future. Discover how hydrogen will assist in the energy transition and what role the bank will play.

Michèle Cohas, head of the international payments offering, Elise Hoyet and Marilucia Miguel, product managers, at Societe Generale, explain how SWIFT MyStandards simplifies the implementation of payment messages.

The United Nations and the European Union have introduced prevailing frameworks and targets to boost development in a sustainable manner.

The globalisation of trade, coupled with the advent of fintechs, has brought major changes to the cross-border payment process.

The opening up of traditional data to new aspiring service providers opens up new realms of possibilities for challengers, but it also creates exciting and intriguing relationship opportunities for incumbent banking service players.

The demand for faster, even instant, payments is already a fact of everyday life. What will come next?

Clients want the world, and more. And why not? Delivering to clients what they need is, after all, literally our institutional raison d’être. Clients expect, even increasingly demand, levels of reliability, predictability, speed of delivery, transparency and simplicity that are unheard of in our industry. As we discuss here, the demands now being placed upon...

Technology is changing the nature of jobs within the financial industry. As fresh perspectives are required, banks should seek to create more diverse workforces who can bring different skills into play.

One of the biggest investment trends over the past decade has been the shift from active to passive investing, with investors being attracted by lower fees and simplicity. Another popular trend is sustainable and responsible investing. Can passive investment strategies supplement active ones to further grow sustainable investing?

Trust cannot be dematerialised. This is a self-evident truth that I hope to demonstrate over the next few paragraphs in this consideration of cash management in the 21st century.