Transaction Banking

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,...

For many multinational companies, payment factories and in-house banks may have become essential structures, but the environment in which these first appeared has changed significantly. Our experts in liquidity, Floor Meeuwis and Laure Demaille investigate the new challenges and opportunities.

As cross-border payments evolve, Frantz Teissèdre, Head of Public Affairs for Cash Clearing Services at Societe Generale and a member of the G20 Payments, Interoperability, and Extension (PIE) Task Force, examines how the focus on transparency is raising the bar for efficiency, security, and trust in global payments systems.

This year, we are delighted to participate once more as an official sponsor to the 35th edition of Eurofinance. We will be present at booth L48-L49 and look forward to welcoming you there.

We are delighted to be participating in Sibos 2026, the world’s premier financial services event organised by SWIFT, taking place in Miami, USA, from 28 September to 1 October 2026.

At the 2026 Treasury & Cash Management Awards, Global Finance praised Societe Generale’s excellence, awarding the bank six major distinctions in transaction banking and cash management.

On June 4, 2026, XTransfer, the world’s leading B2B cross-border trade payment platform, and Societe Generale announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) during Money20/20 Europe 2026 in Amsterdam to enhance cross-border payment infrastructure and develop integrated financial solutions supporting international trade flows.

This year, Universwiftnet becomes UniversFinance. We are once again delighted to take part, as an official sponsor, in the 22nd edition of UniversFinance, organized by AGEFI, which will take place on May 19 at the Palais Brongniart.