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By Wei Yao, Global Chief Economist and Head of Research for Asia Pacific, Societe Generale

A video interview with Lénaïg Trénaux, Global Co-Head of Energy, Mining and Industries and Head of Sustainable and Impact Advisory at Societe Generale.

Societe Generale helps corporates navigate a rapidly changing payments ecosystem by bringing together traditional finance and digital assets

A conversation with Guido Van Hauwermeiren, Vice Chairman, Automotive & Mobility, Societe Generale

Article from Horizons, Issue 11, Autumn 2026, Loan Market Association. By Karin Bony-Merad Head of Sustainable Finance, and Florencia Mascaró Sustainable Finance UK, Societe Generale.

In the late 1950s, banks in Paris began lending out dollar deposits held outside the United States. Nobody realised they were founding anything. But what they’d created was the eurodollar market: dollars beyond the reach of American regulators and American banking hours, which grew from an accounting curiosity into the funding market of global finance.

International payments are entering a new phase. As expectations for speed, transparency, and availability continue to rise, banks and market infrastructures are increasingly focused on orchestrating complementary solutions that combine performance, security and compliance, while keeping human expertise at the heart of the model. By Isabelle Poussigues,...

By Puneet Singh, Head of Cross Asset Quant, Asia Pacific