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As global trade undergoes one of its biggest transformations in decades, transaction banking has become a strategic priority rather than a back-office function. In response, Andreea Parneci and Florence Escaffre, co-deputy heads of Global Transaction & Payment Services, outline how to deliver the real-time visibility, seamless global coverage and solutions...

By Soo Tat Kua, Head of Global Transaction and Payment Services, Asia Pacific, Societe Generale

Societe Generale won “Best Transaction Bank in Europe” at the Euromoney Transaction Banking Awards 2025, held in London on November 13th.

In today’s fast-paced financial landscape, the evolution of real-time technologies is reshaping the way treasurers manage cash and liquidity. With ‘always-on’ data flows and advanced analytics powered by artificial intelligence (AI), treasury functions are becoming more dynamic, predictive, and autonomous. But while the promise of real-time treasury is...

We are pleased to share the excellent results of the 2025 Euromoney Cash Management satisfaction survey. These results reflect our commitment to providing high-quality support to our clients and highlight our strong expertise in cash management.

Instant payments have come far in treasury but there’s still a long way to go before it becomes the norm. Societe Generale’s Emmanuelle Fischer, Head of Payments and Cash Management, explores the roadmap and reveal the bank’s readiness to accompany its corporate clients on their journey.

We are delighted to be participating to the upcoming SIBOS conference, the world’s premier financial services event organised by SWIFT, from 29 september to 2 October 2025 in Frankfurt, Germany.

We are thrilled to contribute once again as an official sponsor to the 34th edition of Eurofinance, organized by Economist Impact from October 15 to 17 in Budapest, Hungary. We will be present at booths L31 & L32 and look forward to meeting you there.

Transportation is one of the key sectors where significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions can be achieved. In Europe, for instance, electric buses can lower CO2 emissions by 63% compared to diesel buses over their lifetime(1). Solaris Bus & Coach, a leading urban bus manufacturer in Europe, has partnered with a consortium of banks, including Societe...

Verification of Payee: what will be the impact of this new security system on the processing of your payments?

This year, we are thrilled to participate once more, as an official sponsor of the 21st edition of Universwiftnet organised by AGEFI, which will take place on 27 May, at the Palais Brongniart

Treasurers know what they want for their cross-border payments: seamless interoperability and liquidity management. This, however, is becoming harder to achieve amid geopolitical uncertainty and proliferating sanctions and compliance obligations. Add to that real-time operations, ISO 20022 standardisation and instant cross-border payments, it is easy to see...

Macro-economic environment and higher interest rates have stressed the importance of liquidity and how to precisely forecast cash requirements for corporates with the ambition to maximise return. As a consequence, artificial intelligence will certainly play a pivotal role in the monitoring of liquidity, working capital needs and investment by taking advantage...

Service immediacy has become a priority for many today, and this includes payments. However, not all markets have moved at the same pace to deliver on this aspect. Does it matter? Our experts Stephanie Ekindjian Delliste, Global Head of Payments and Cash Management Solutions, and Philippe Penichou, Global Head of Sales, Wholesale Payments and Cash Management,...

Robust and well-supported liquidity ecosystems keep the commercial world turning, whatever else is going on in society at large. But it’s the symbiotic relationship between bank and corporate that keeps those systems strong. Edwin Hartog, Head of GTB, Societe Generale, Netherlands, and Joost Bergen, Founder of liquidity management advisory and training firm...

We are delighted to be participating to the upcoming SIBOS conference, the world’s premier financial services event organised by SWIFT, from 21 to 24 October 2024 in Beijing, China.

Societe Generale’s Global Transaction & Payment Services awarded Greenwich Share Leader, Greenwich Quality Leader & Greenwich Excellence 2024

Currently under discussion, the future payment services directive should have major impacts for the banking sector, consumers and companies, as well as publishers.